system
March 23, 2012, 3:32pm
1
Hello again everyone.
My avast got the virus database and started to claim that steam was infected with malware-gen.
I think it is a false positive as everyone in both forums say it is a false positive, but i have a few files on my quarantine chest. Shall i send them? and if i send them shall i send it as malware or as false positive?
Pondus
March 23, 2012, 4:04pm
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upload suspicious file(s) to www.virustotal.com and test with 40+ malware scanners
when you have the result, copy the URL in your addressbar and post it here for us to see
alternative
Jotti - http://virusscan.jotti.org/en
VIRScan - http://virscan.org/
Metascan - http://metascan-online.com/
system
March 23, 2012, 7:14pm
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can’t i send them to you with Avast?
system
March 23, 2012, 7:19pm
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Pondus
March 23, 2012, 7:27pm
5
why me…i dont work for avast
if you think they are False Positives…send from chest as False Positives
you may add a link to this topic
Sigcheck for the files
file-3705570_exe - First seen by VirusTotal 2012-03-19 23:46:23 UTC ( 3 dager, 19 timer ago )
publisher…: Valve Corporation
product…: Steam
internal name…: steamerrorreporter.exe
copyright…: Copyright (C) 2010 Valve Corporation
original name…: steamerrorreporter.exe
signing date…: 7:55 PM 3/19/2012
signers…: Valve
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority
file version…: 01.34.12.06
description…: steamerrorreporter.exe (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)
SteamService.exe - First seen by VirusTotal 2012-03-23 08:08:47 UTC ( 11 timer, 15 minutter ago )
publisher…: Valve Corporation
product…: Steam Client Service
internal name…: Steam Client Service
copyright…: Copyright (C) 2007
original name…: SteamSer.exe
signing date…: 7:55 PM 3/19/2012
signers…: Valve
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority
file version…: 01.34.12.06
description…: Steam Client Service (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)
system
March 23, 2012, 7:37pm
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Done. Let’s see how it works.
system
March 23, 2012, 7:41pm
7
Now I’m a bit scared about logging in, even if i’m sure is a false positive.
Shall I continue like nothing happened and play some games or shall i wait for a future update of avast?
Pondus
March 23, 2012, 7:53pm
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there is only one detection on Virustotal…on one file…and not from avast
is your avast updated ?
right click files in chest and rescan…still detected ?
system
March 23, 2012, 7:55pm
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Yeah, it is the last version and doesnt find any virus in the files on the chest.
So free to go?
You know how paranoid i am
Pondus
March 23, 2012, 8:01pm
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then you can restore file(s) from chest