False positives by the bucketload!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hey everyone, I don’t know about you, but I’m really sick and tired of false positives.
Recently, avast has started flagging a lot of legitimate files as “evo-gen”. I have reported those dozens of times and the devs haven’t done NOTHING to fix them!

Examples:

Almost any winrar SFX archive I make
A game called 10talismans (10Talismans.exe)
Samsung printer utility
Samsung WLAN config utility
Format factory 3.5.1 installer

Those are just a few from the top of my head.

The worst thing is that if I scan those files, they turn up nothing, but the file shield is the one flagging them as viruses!

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How did you report them?
If you did it through the ticket system…
Use the search option and read how the ticket system is working.

Did you submit samples and if so how?

Are you using WinRar or something else that supports WinRar?

Almost any winrar SFX archive I make Samsung printer utility Samsung WLAN config utility
Are you working for Samsung ?
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The worst thing is that if I scan those files, they turn up nothing, but the file shield is the one flagging them as viruses!
W32:Evo-Gen [susp] = suspicious / is a on access detection only and will not show in any scan
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No, I don’t work for samsung…wtf?
I have a samsung notebook and a samsung printer.
Well, that “evo-gen[susp]” detection is driving me crazy! I’m getting lots of false positives, legitimate files deleted, downloads aborted, etc.
just fix it!

I reported them via the “Report false positive” link that appears in the detection window (luckily, I have set my default actions to “ask” or else I would’ve ended up with a ton of legitimate files moved to quarantine)

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Almost any winrar SFX archive I make
Meaning you are making the sfx archives.
Samsung printer utility, Samsung WLAN config utility
If you don't work for Samsung, why are you making them?
legitimate files deleted
What happens depends on the settings you have chosen.

Why using a paid compressor while there are free ones that do a much better job?

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Winrar SFX archives I make have nothing to do with the samsung utilities!!! what are you smoking?
I create sfx archives for a number of reasons (like portable apps, custom self-installing office updates, etc). Don’t use winrar is a rather stupid suggestion!

Now, avast decided that the bonjour application (mdnsrespodner.exe) is A ROOTKIT (again, evo-gen) and jst deleted it!!! didn’t even send it to quarantine. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???

Someone please fix this “evo-gen[susp]” nightmare!!!

A few days ago, a friend called me “in distress” because avast “decided” that her plotter software was a virus and deleted it. Now she can’t use her plotter 'cause of this “evo-gen” nightmare.

This is getting increasingly annoying and I’m seriously considering moving away from avast for good if this problems are not fixed.

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Hello,
pack all the detected files to archive and upload it to our ftp://ftp.avast.com/incoming/, please. Then send me PM with uploaded filename. I will look on them to see what they have in common that they are detected.

Thanks,
Milos