oldtimer tfc now blocked

hello

i have used tfc temporary file cleaner for a couple years now, i have always had the tfc trash bin icon on my desktop, but yesterday when i clicked tfc desktop icon i received a malware warning from avast.
Win32.Malware-gen
so i went here http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/ and downloaded it again and i got the same warning.

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i have read other places that avast doesnt get along with tfc but it has always worked well for myself without warning. does this have something to do with the virus definitions update?

windows xp sp3
avast program version 5.1.864
virus definitions version 120526-0
comodo firewall

thank you for any info you may provide

You can report a possible FP here: http://www.avast.com/contact-form.php?loadStyles

is this avast 5 that u are using??

Upgrade to version 7 please 8)

I have submitted it via the virus chest - see VT results 6/42 https://www.virustotal.com/file/0b00c19d7cf9234d8a5e10cd9d330076e7cc88791edeeaa8cedcf77f5848b34d/analysis/1338050223/.

hello and thank you all for responding i just dont understand how i used it for 3 years without warning then yesterday i get a warning. tfc from what i can tell doesnt install or update and bleepingcomputer recommended to use it, but after seeing that virustotal i will no longer be using till things go back to normal

thank you

  1. You’re welcome.
  2. Yes, I did receive it as well.

+1 Also sent.

False alarm fixed.

thank you guys or gals

You’re welcome.

The detection has been corrected, I rescanned my sample in the virus chest and it comes up no virus, see image.

Ensure that you have the latest version of the virus definitions.

It’s being blocked again and has been for a while now.

Can it be corrected? Thanks.

Changes in what TFC does, could trigger alerts when signatures are updated. Presumable avast put it in the virus chest ?

In which case Submit it to the Avast Virus Labs…

I just tested it and was able to download TFC without any problem.

Did you try running it as jcollura3 didn’t give details if it was the download or running it or what avast detected it as.

Didn’t run it as it always gives a problem on my system. (Windows will not shutdown)
But the OP had a problem when downloading it.

This isn’t the OP we are talking about as the topic is three and a half years old (26 May 2012), but a post by jcollura3 today and it wasn’t stated when, etc.