Apparent false positive: mpTrim PE 2.0

This (paid) program is sent directly by the author. I’ve been using it for years and it only recently began to identify a Trojan called Small-CVU.

I’ve been in touch with the author, who also believes it to be a false positive from the description.

Avast is blocking use of the program. Any help appreciated.

Hello :slight_smile:

Please pack the file in password protected archive and sent it to virus@avast.com, and as a mail subject write “False Positive”, so alwil can have a look at the file and to fix the false positive :wink:

But just for sure you can upload the file to VirusTotal.com to see if only avast! is detecting the file as a virus.

And till the FP is fixed you can add the file to the Standard Shield exclusion list: go to the Resident Protection Settings → Standard Shield → Settings → Advanced → Exclusion List → Add :wink:

don’t forget to write the password to open this archive in the mail body… :wink:

Thanks!

Did as you suggested.

As this shows, Avast is the only AV identifying a Trojan.

And thanks for the site.

don’t trust virustotal results a lot coz it stays some product updates back… :wink:

It is safer when used to confirm a false positive as it isn’t so important if their avast VPS isn’t up to date as a users copy is likely to be.

Their admission of some signature files not being right up to date related to two programs, avast and one other where they don’t have a live update setup.

I hope they correct this soon… It’s a pity :stuck_out_tongue: