CLOSED - FP : W32\Simile in Mcafee Stinger version 10.0.0.457

Viruses and worms
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W32\Simile identified in latest stinger version 10.0.0.457 released on Nov 22 2008 - hxxp://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe

Rgds

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You could also check the offending/suspect file at: VirusTotal - Multi engine on-line virus scanner and report the findings here the URL in the Address bar of the VT results page. You can’t do this with the file securely in the chest, you need to extract it to a temporary (not original) location first, see below.

Create a folder called Suspect in the C:\ drive, e.g. C:\Suspect. Now exclude that folder in the Standard Shield, Customize, Advanced, Add, type (or copy and paste) C:\Suspect* That will stop the standard shield scanning any file you put in that folder. You should now be able to export any file in the chest to this folder and upload it to VirusTotal without avast alerting.

If it is indeed a false positive, see http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=34950.msg293451#msg293451, how to report it to avast! and what to do to exclude them until the problem is corrected.

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Thanks for reporting the false positive :wink:

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Thanks Guys,

Topic Closed - Appreciate the super quick fix.

Regards