AOL AIM 6.0.28.3 Upgrade Virus Detected

Viruses and worms
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I was trying to download and install the latest release of AIM - 6.0.28.3 and avast! detected an occurance of the malware trojan - AGENT-DTW. I deleted it, but AIM would not then install as it indicated a file was missing.

Anyone else come across this issue? Has anyone sucessfully gotten around it?

I posted a note in the AIM boards and was told this was a false positive.

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Welcome to the forum tastevic.

I don’t know if your detection is a false positive or not but AIM is known for adware/spyware and causing endless problems. You could try AIMLite instead - it can be downloaded here

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/AIMLite/1108585829/1

But please note that some users are reporting conflicts with Zone Alarm.