Google chrome update VIRUS detected!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Url: http://r4---sn-uxax3vh50nugp5-8pxs.c.pack.google.com…
type: Win32:Fareit-LM [Trj]

I got this message already 6x! I downloaded google chrome from chip.de

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yep… it’s been pestering me every few minutes since half hour or so ago
the more details has this url (trimmed down a bit and split on multiple lines)


http://www.avast.com/en-eu/lp-fr-virus-alert?p_ext=&utm_campaign=Virus_alert&utm_source=prg_fav_90_0&utm_medium=prg_systray&
utm_content=.%2Ffa%2Fen-eu%2Fvirus-alert-default&p_vir=Win32:Fareit-LM%20[Trj]&
p_prc=C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe&p_obj=
http://r7---sn-gqn-vu2e.c.pack.google.com/edgedl/update2/1.3.22.3/GoogleUpdateSetup.exe?cms_redirect=yes
&expire=1386378327& [...snip...]   &signature=715762215138E8DA2B5AA55A7E9095&p_var=.%2Ffa%2Fen-eu%2Fvirus-alert-default&p_elm=7&p_lex=
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Please make the link not clickable and follow these instructions: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

Why did you not downloaded Chrome from the developers website?

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i installed chrome long ago, this notification from avast was just the auto-update triggered by the task scheduler… seems like a false positive

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+1 to Rassilon’s comment about false positive. My alerts just started about 15 minutes ago but they’re rapidly driving me nuts! What do we need to do to get this looked at (hopefully soon)?
More details gets me this URL (stretched to make link inactive):

http:// www .avast. com/en-us/lp-fr-virus-alert?p_ext=&utm_campaign=Virus_alert&utm_source=prg_fav_80_0&utm_medium=prg_systray&utm_content=.%2Ffa%2Fen-us%2Fvirus-alert-default&p_vir=Win32:Fareit-LM%20[Trj]&p_prc=C:\Program%20Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe&p_obj=http://r18---sn-5uaeznlz.c.pack.google.com/edgedl/update2/1.3.22.3/GoogleUpdateSetup.exe?cms_redirect=yes%26expire=1386399486%26ip=24.30.52.203%26ipbits=0%26ir=1%26ms=nvh%26mt=1386385029%26mv=m%26sparams=expire,ip,ipbits%26signature=73A4901198F16791EE4A517CF3AAD8948738C439.&p_var=.%2Ffa%2Fen-us%2Fvirus-alert-default&p_elm=7&p_lex=89&p_lid=en-us&p_lng=en&p_lqa=0&p_lqe=0&p_lst=0&p_lsu=24&p_pro=0&p_bld=empty&p_vep=8&p_ves=0&p_vbd=1497&p_hid=b7637650-616f-4fdf-91a0-0e58309577de