I have been using Vongo since the first of the year. Yesterday with the latest database update, Avast is identifiying that Vongo.exe has Win32:Adware-gen. It has done this on all of my machines.
What is happening and why did Avast all of a sudden identify this?
Joe
you can zip the offending file and send it to ( virus @ avast.com ) without the spaces and password protect it using VIRUS as the password along with a reference to this thread then maybe next update it will be fixed 
In the meanwhile you can add it to the exclusion lists in program settings and standard shield so it doesnt get detected again .
good luck 
Are you thinking that this might be a false positive?
You could also check the offending/suspect file at: VirusTotal - Multi engine on-line virus scanner
Or Jotti - Multi engine on-line virus scanner if any other scanners here detect them it is less likely to be a false positive. You can’t do this with the file in the chest, you will need to move it out.
Most probably… because:
Here are the results from Virus Total:
Antivirus Version Update Result
AntiVir 7.1.1.16 09.08.2006 no virus found
Authentium 4.93.8 09.08.2006 no virus found
Avast 4.7.844.0 09.08.2006 Win32:Adware-gen.
AVG 386 09.07.2006 no virus found
BitDefender 7.2 09.08.2006 no virus found
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 09.07.2006 no virus found
ClamAV devel-20060426 09.08.2006 no virus found
eTrust-InoculateIT 23.72.119 09.08.2006 no virus found
eTrust-Vet 30.3.3068 09.08.2006 no virus found
DrWeb 4.33 09.08.2006 no virus found
Ewido 4.0 09.05.2006 no virus found
Fortinet 2.77.0.0 09.07.2006 suspicious
F-Prot 3.16f 09.08.2006 no virus found
F-Prot4 4.2.1.29 09.07.2006 no virus found
Ikarus 0.2.65.0 09.08.2006 no virus found
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 09.08.2006 no virus found
McAfee 4847 09.07.2006 no virus found
Microsoft 1.1560 09.08.2006 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1744 09.08.2006 no virus found
Norman 5.80.02 09.08.2006 no virus found
Panda 9.0.0.4 09.07.2006 no virus found
Sophos 4.09.0 09.08.2006 no virus found
Symantec 8.0 09.08.2006 no virus found
TheHacker 5.9.8.208 09.08.2006 no virus found
UNA 1.83 09.07.2006 no virus found
VBA32 3.11.1 09.07.2006 no virus found
VirusBuster 4.3.7:9 09.08.2006 no virus found
Here are the results from Jotti’s:
AntiVir Found nothing
ArcaVir Found nothing
Avast Found Win32:Adware-gen.
AVG Antivirus Found nothing
BitDefender Found nothing
ClamAV Found nothing
Dr.Web Found nothing
F-Prot Antivirus Found nothing
Fortinet Found nothing
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Found nothing
NOD32 Found nothing
Norman Virus Control Found nothing
UNA Found nothing
VirusBuster Found nothing
VBA32 Found nothing
I have added this program to the exclusions list.
Since it has been detected by Avast, how can I get this program “unflaged” so I can use it again. Even though I have rescan the program (with no error), reinstalled the program, Avast keeps on saying that it has a virus.
I am unable to zip Vongo.exe. What should I do?
There are two Exclusion lists:
For the Standard Shield provider (on-access scanning):
Left click the ‘a’ blue icon, click on the provider icon at left and then Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and click on Add button…
For the other providers (on-demmand scanning):
Right click the ‘a’ blue icon, click Program Settings.
Go to Exclusions tab and click on Add button…
You can: