Malwarebytes says avast is a trojan

i have never before had a vitus on my pc. but now malwarebytes says that there is two trojans on my pc that are in c:/program files/AVAST Software/avast/setup/Instup.dll and in c:/Program Files/AVAST Software/Avast/setup/instup_ais-8c5.vpx its saying that they both are Trojan.Agent.UPX are they realy trojans or just some sort of bug with the malwarebytes.

Haven’t we been here before: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=150448.0
Check here: http://www.herdprotect.com/instup.dll-3d925c059224c9563f462a5105c18137e9e02f50.aspx
and
https://www.reasoncoresecurity.com/instup.dll-c5e36e04cb518ff2da4db3c1d8fef5eaededf2c2.aspx
Contradictory results here: http://www.exedb.com/nl/instup.dll/173913
Also consider: http://www.freefixer.com/library/file/Instup.dll-106655/

polonus

are they realy trojans or just some sort of bug with the malwarebytes.
it is called False Positive

Report it in Malwarebytes forum, here > https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/forum/42-file-detections/

seems it is already reported :wink:

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/176908-possible-false-positive-on-avast-instupdll/
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/176907-avast-instupdll-being-reported-as-a-trojanagentupx/

Yup, I got the same message from MBAM.
Of course it is a false positive :wink:

Greetz, Red.

With MBAM database update v2016.01.02.01 this seems to be solved :slight_smile:

Greetz, Red.