Avast reports WoTLauncher.exe as Win32:Evo-gen

Viruses and worms
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World of Tanks (Wargaming.net) V.0.9.5 #21 launcher WoTLauncher.exe is being reported as Win32:Evo-gen and being moved to the Virus Chest. When the file is scanned, it indicates --no virus --. When “Restore and add to exclusions”, the file is moved backed to where it belongs. When the file is run again, it is immediately moved back to the Virus Chest.

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Running the online Antivirus scan at virustotal.com detects that it is clean. Results are https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d8defcc56e9ca17d3b85f2050be7b95773d7d4f90073f9210b3301f8e225c0ef/analysis/.

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https://blog.avast.com/tag/false-positive/

4

WoT update V.0.9.5 #42 fixed the problem.