NordVPN openvpn-nordvpn.exe false positive as IPD.Generic

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I have been running into a problem when using NordVPN’s services and managed to narrow down the culprit.

After every time I would disconnect from a VPN, I would be unable to reconnect unless I reinstalled the entire program. After getting fed up with this headache, I did some digging and found out that avast! has been putting one of the integral executables for NordVPN in its virus chest, detecting it as IDP.Generic, whenever I would disconnect from a VPN. Here’s a screenshot. I’ve used NordVPN in the past alongside avast! without ever experiencing this issue, so I’m not sure why this has suddenly become a problem.

I’ve submitted the file as a false positive, but in the meantime, if anyone uses NordVPN and also has this problem, try checking your virus chest for the solution.

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Hello,

we marked the certificate of the issuer for the NordVPN as clean, so after a while when you get the update, the detection should be appearing no more.

Thank You for the report.