I am a new user of the famous Avast 4.7 Home Edition(080114-1).As a first test-run I did a Quick-scan of all Drives.Avast has caught ‘quickn.exe’ as a Malware(Trojan/Worm Group) of Win32.Trojan-gen, and asked me to disconnect other network computers in order to block it from spreading.It recommended me to either ‘delete’ or move to Chest. I moved it to Chest.
‘quickn.exe’ is actually an Office-tool called QuickNote of JC&MB(www.jcmb.jens-m.de/) for taking quick notes(similar to WindowsNotepad or KeyNote) downloaded from Softpedia.com certified as adware/spyware/virus-free.This is a small very useful program by Jens Mueller of JC&MB.
I think this is a false positive? Please take care of this.
All other features of Avast are super.
Thanks.
Is your virus database updated?
Recently, a set of false positives were corrected.
If it is still being detected, wait a little for they to correct this error. It will be done very soon.
Yes, my virus-data-base is up-to-date.Today(01/14/2008) the VPS is 080114-3.
Thanks for the quick attention.
Hope they correct it soon. Please, update, check and post back.
So, it’s detected even with 080114-3 VPS?
If yes, please pack the file into a password-protected ZIP or RAR and send it to virus@avast.com, with something like “False positive” in subject.
The latest version of QuickNote, downloadable from web, isn’t detected.
Yes…the problem is solved.I rescanned the ‘quickn.exe’ file kept in the ‘Chest’ with the latest update of VPS-080115 and it’s reported “No Virus”. I restored the file to its original folder and scanned the drive once again and it has reported “No Virus” and I continued using ‘Quick Note’.
Thanks again for the immediate update and solution.
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