network framework - win32/malware-gen FP's since 1/18/11 update 10:37a

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I have been getting these all day since the update this morning at 10:37am. I never had this problem in the past, and even went as far as running ComboFix for Windows 7 and that didn’t seem to solve anything (apparently they must be false positives maybe? not sure). Below are links from Virustotal for all the files I had analyzed. The files originate from C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp and are randomly named DLL’s that are associated with the process Network Framework 2.0 CSC.exe.

There are 5 sometimes 6 scanners that detect a problem, and always the same ones for any of the files I submitted.

http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=f922a5b3bcc943a62d5651e7cfc79d803bb6e452735481a8aaea264da9854537-1295396891

http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=82016d64f2a1cbc1a7984fe0721d468b89dc874c22624fcdf2da50a9ca676b33-1295397165

one more:

http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=153974ef7bab9fa330480a8b96c46fd74f2d5857801af200b3b79bffaba2db2f-1295397402

There were more than this but I think this may give you a good idea. Hope this isn’t something too serious.

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I am also having files get tagged throughout the day since the update this morning. Is this the case of a false positive or do I have an actual virus fully infected on my machine? I also used one of the scanner services with the same results as the OP.

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Yeah, I registered to ask the same thing - I’ve been having the same messages all day.

I’m thinking a false positive is likely given three people have all had the same thing start popping up after the same update, but who knows? I’m running a full scan now to be sure as I’m not really doing much else.

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As much as I hate to say “me too,” I had to sign up to say “me too.” Same symptoms.

Edit: I guess I should clarify that I don’t know enough to declare this a FP. I think that’s possible, but I don’t want to call it that based on my limited knowledge.

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Did any of you try applying a “games for windows” update from windows update? We just ended up doing that (on accident) and the avast popup isn’t occurring now. Very strange.

Edit: Looks like my error was related to this: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=69660.0

I think the VPS update actually was what “fixed” it.

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Hello,
it should be fixed in next vps update.

Milos

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Apparently they were false positives, NO problems as of the update this morning. If anything does happen to arise I will post here again, let’s hope not… LOL

Thanks! :slight_smile: