Did Avast pick up a false positive or do I really have Malware?

Viruses and worms
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Threat: Win32Malware-Gen

I uploaded the file to VirusTotal: 270aa3fbf142e5ce68fe601a2012f90e6f409e39da427fd7f83045fdcf739573

6/46 scans label it as a threat.

It says however the source is DDS.com/DDS.exe, which I’ve used before to help clean my computer of Malware. So…what’s up?

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hey and welcome to the forum.

could you please provide us with the link to the virustotal scan of that file here.

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https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/270aa3fbf142e5ce68fe601a2012f90e6f409e39da427fd7f83045fdcf739573/analysis/1362729141/

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some thing you know…

publisher................: Swearware product..................: D D S internal name............: dds.exe copyright................: sUBs original name............: dds.exe file version.............: 2011.08.26.01 description..............: DDS, Doesn_t Do Squat

First seen by VirusTotal
2011-08-26 15:00:51 UTC ( 1 year, 6 months ago )

seems like False positive

you can report it here. http://www.avast.com/contact-form.php change subject to suite your case

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is to be considered as safe: http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/dds/23615/

polonus

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Alright thanks!