Free Avira False Positives

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Buffalo"
>
>> I have the morning updates and I received many 'malware' alerts
>> (heur/html) in my Win98se Windows\Help folder (I dual boot (98se
>> and 2000pro) and I run Avira in Win2000pro. This must have something
>> to do with the later updates. Such files as Windows\Help\
>> camera.chm, dcomcfg.chm,dijoy.chm,mdsc.chm,plus.chm and rnaap.chm.
>> It also tagged some cab files in my Win98 copy : Win98_26.cab and
>> 27.cab and
>> 28.cab aqnd PreCopy2,cab.
>> Anyone else having this problem?
> PS:: I also checked them with MBAM,SAS, and NSW2003 with no hits.
>> There were a couple of other hits also which were false 'positives'.
>
>
> Instead of check with ourther scanners, submit the suspect files to
> Virus Total.
>
> However, if you think these are safe files, exclude them in AntiVir.

Thanks, I have excluded them. I was just wondering if anyone else was having
the same or similar problem.
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Hi Buffalo,

Monday December 08 2008, Buffalo writes to David H. Lipman:

> From: Eric RemoveThis @nada.com.invalid
> Thanks, I have excluded them. I was just wondering if anyone
> else was having the same or similar problem.

Yep, see my comment to David.

Gufus
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Hi David,

Monday December 08 2008, David H. Lipman writes to All:

> From: "Buffalo"
>| There were a couple of other hits also which were false
>| 'positives'.
> Instead of check with ourther scanners, submit the suspect
> files to Virus Total.

Good tip!

> However, if you think these are safe files, exclude them in
> AntiVir.

I run Avira Premium on my server and Notebook, I also find Avira likes to pick
on a lot of un-infected files, that ok, better safe than sorry. Just check
them then add them to Avira excluded list, it has a excluded list for Guard,
WebGurd and it's POP/SMPT (MailGuard) scanner.

Gufus

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