malware-gen on appdata\local\spool\sandboxes\spoon...\csc.exe & spoonsandbox.exe

Viruses and worms
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after installing several microsoft updates and rebooting, avast is now alerting on the files listed int the subject line as Win32:malware-gen

I’m hoping this is a false positive due to one of the updates that was installed today. Is there any way to confirm this?

This is on win7 64bit

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No problems on WinXP 32bit and WinVista 64bit. Also, executables shouldn’t be located in spool folder at all…

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I have the same problem on Vista 32bit.

Today, about every 10 minutes, Avast alerts about a virus found in:
AppData\Local\Spoon\SANDBOXES\SPOON SANDBOX MANAGER\3.21.0.22\20100828072048781\STUBEXE@WINDIR@\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe.

Is this a false positive?

Thanks a lot

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Some issue. Virus alert related to csc.exe. I had to stop a sandbox process to cease all alerts that were appearing every few mins.

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Ditto giacomo69… Is this a false positive? This is the first time I have had Avast alert on Spoon but I know other AV software has traditionally flagged it. Can I safely ignore this and move on?

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for now, i just uninstalled the spoon sandbox since i almost never use it. Hopefully a future avast update will clear it up in case i ever use it again. Haven’t gotten any alerts since uninstalling it.

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Hi Guys. Love avast. First time on the forum. Getting the same error as above. Comes up every couple of minutes. Don’t want to flag it if it’ll cause problems?

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Hi, I’m new here also, and get same problem with spoon virtualized apps. Hoping some upgrade will come soon to solve this problem.