Avast is reporting ZoneAlarm free installer as infected

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Can’t install ZoneAlarm Free without switching off Avast Free. file is zafwSetupWeb_133_052_000.exe from http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/1001_za/zafwSetupWeb_133_052_000.exe

Reported by Avast as Win32:Evo-gen[Susp]

Come on, this is surely not correct from Avast, but a rollicking great FALSE POSITIVE?

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Avast has been seen to report Win32:Evo-gen[Susp] false positives, yes.

I’d suggest reporting it to Avast as such, then you could try adding a specific exclusion for it…

Settings > Active Protection > (click the gear next to File System Shield) > Exclusions

-Noel

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A quick scan of recent stuff on this forum seems to suggest lots of Win32:Evo-gen[Susp] false positives. Getting the user to add exceptions manually for each one seems like a strong reason to change AV. Avast needs to sort this pronto.

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Avast is reporting ZoneAlarm free installer as infected
Not really ...... Win32:Evo-gen [[b]Susp[/b]] = Suspicious
Getting the user to add exceptions manually for each one seems like a strong reason to change AV.
So other AV dont have false positives ?....... Why not report it to avast lab so that they can fix it!
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I did, or at least I believe I did (filled in a form from with Avast, last checkbox ticked was something like “Are you sure you know what you’re doing?”, which I found grimly amusing). But other people have apparently been struck with the same problem with other software recently, if my quick scan of this forum is correct. So I’m not sure why my posting should provoke an immune system response… ::slight_smile:

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Are you sure you know what you're doing?", which I found grimly amusing
Most computer users only know how to turn on the computer, check mail and facebook ...... so yes, your AV need to ask stupid questions like that
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I had some of these a few months ago, reported them, and added them to exclusions. Then a month or so later removed the exclusions and the false positives were no longer reported. Avast does act on these things.

Unsaid here is that this Win32:Evo-Gen check does something useful. They’re preserving that while refining the false positive detection rate.

As far as I have seen from 3rd party test reports, Avast has one of the lowest false positive report rates.

-Noel

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Reported To virus analyst

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The detection was fixed in update 140802-0
I hope that problem has been resolved now.

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i reported too — seems no reaction- it’s not wise to allow suspicious files in general.