Avast version 2014.9.2.2018
Virus def: 140424-0
Was downloading AdwCleaner from http://general-changelog-team.fr/ ( authors website ) and also tried from http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/
Avast marked the AdwCleaner file as Win32: Dropper-Gen (Drp)
Scanned file on another computer running Eset. no problem