World Community Grid False Positives

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Apparently Avast! is so good it’s finding virii that are not there. :wink:

Avast is lighting off a warning on certain work units from the World Community Grid project, a distributed computing volunteer project somewhat like SETI@Home used to be but with a more robust client.

I have put the entire WCG folder into the exceptions for Avast! and that appears to have stopped the problem, but it is something that I want to bring up to the programmers of Avast! as a possible issue.

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What is the name of the reported virus?

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Submit the “offending” file(s) to virus@avast.com in a password protected zipped email. In the body of the email, include the password, vps version, why you think it is a false positive.