Skype and Lenovo Software tagged as "threats"

Viruses and worms
1

My latest scan indicated that:

C:\SWTools\skype\Skype_Setup.vbs
C:\Windows\lenovo_fastboot.img

Were threats.

Really?

JK

2

Also, I’m getting the “Lenovo Message Center” trying to install itself and I’m wondering if that’s legit.

Thanks!

3

what type of threat?.. malware name given by avast

4

The Skype is called a Threat: Unix:Malware-gen

The Lenovo is called a Threat: Win32:Hupigon-ONX[trj]

5

Can you upload and test the file(s) at www.virustotal.com if tested before click rescan
Post link to scan result here

6

Looks like a generic malware notice. I got the same threat detected on my Lenovo win7 laptop. Thought it was the real deal and placed it in quarantine. Figured the file was polluted and figured I’d grab a clean copy of the file from my wife’s identical Lenovo win7 laptop. Bet you can’t guess what happened when I scanned hers…yep, flagged as gen-malware, too.

Looks like a false positive.

7

Was it the real and genuine thing, it was a bootsector virus detection.

pol