Hi All
Recently did clean install of Avast, was moving files around from possibly dying external drive, decided to run full scan, and got an alert on possible infection (checking with Malwarebyes in about 3-4 minutes)
Note Previously tried out Windows Defender for a bit after a local friend was like try it, but don’t see how I would get infected, as I did same surfing I did in the past*
Virustotal results
Only AVG and Avast Detected it as
Other:Malware-gen [Trj]
(False positive listed as)
Identical detections with another avast user here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=205279.0
Hello.
I confirm that this is an FP.Scan the origin and showed the same detection.
Attached
Oh, hello! Sorry that I didn’t notice this topic, but the topic title didn’t highlight this being same issue as with me :-[
Yes I should’ve probably titled it differently than I did, my bad
I sent mine through the report
https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.php
Reported to Vírus analyst ~
Same sent in a report also to Avast
Hi, detection was disabled.
Will be solved in next stream update. (5 minutes)
Lukáš
Thank you Lukas on fixing this in a timely manner
Sorry to resurrect an older thread, I’ve only just noticed I had two desktop.ini files move to the vault on the 10th too, and they’re still being flagged as Other:Malware-gen [Trj] in the virus vault. I’ve submitted them to the lab.
I do not suppose it’s the same local reported, you should get the answer soon.
Well, it was in the same location as the person in the other thread (https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=205279.0), “C:\Users*my name*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Burn\desktop.ini” so I assume if it’s an fp for him, it is for me. An MBAM scan found nothing.
What is the version Avast and number of VPS ?