This morning I tried copying the java jdk7u55.exe from my external hard drive to my pen drive and got a win64 evo-gen warning on the destination drive. Avast said something about the file being changed. I scanned the source file and no threat appeared, so I tried the copy again and still got the threat.
However one thing that does concern me is that the source file is clean but the threat is detected on the destination and removed. I was wondering if somehow the copy process is somehow infecting the file.
I will temporarily disable A/V and do the copy and check both the original and destination file.
I tried submitting the file to virustotal but it is 128MB, the file in question is jdk-7u55-windows-x64.exe
The message I get suggest explorer.exe is the cause.
I disabled Avast and copied the file. I then ran an Avast scan on both the source and destination and it came up clean.
I have tried other pen drives and other USB ports but still the threat is detected.
I have tried copying other .exe files and no message is reported.
I have attached a screenshot of the message that avast is displaying.