Maplestory.exe is detected by avast! to be containing a Trojan.
False Positive?
HELP PLEASE.
i would also like to thank DavidR, Tech and igor for helping me escalate my problem with avast! anti-virus. I can assure that my computer is safe and free from viruses now.
See this post from DavidR about how to check if it is a false positive
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=34950.msg293451#msg293451
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Hi urstrulii,
Well there are fake Maplestory.exe versions around, by what the executable does some consider it a Trojan,
and flag it as such. This link was free of malware according to DrWeb’s av link checker, but WOT said it was not trustworthy:
Checking: hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html
Engine version: 4.44.0.9170
File size: 23.38 KB
hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html - archive HTML
hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html/Script.0 - Ok
hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html/Script.1 - Ok
hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html/Script.2 - Ok
hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html/Script.3 - Ok
hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html/Script.4 - Ok
hxtp://www.download3k.com/DownloadLink1-Maple-Story.html - Ok
Checking: hxtp://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en
File size: 617 bytes
hxtp://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en - Ok
Checking: hxtp://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js
File size: 22.11 KB
hxtp://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js - Ok
Checking: hxtp://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js
File size: 50.47 KB
hxtp://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js - Ok
Checking: hxtp://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js
File size: 7604 bytes
hxtp://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js - Ok
So check your particular version by uploading to virustotal.com and see what scanners flag it,
polonus
It’s a small file for somekina of game so it could be malware
Being a popular game it is the ideal transport for a lot of malware, Zlob sometimes masquerades as this with port redirection