Both Avira and Malwarebytes claiming GamersGate patches are Trojans
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From: Wile E. Coyote on 1 Dec 2009 15:31 Maximus the Mad wrote: > I am not going to search the net for the file you're talking about but > here are two links where you should post your issues. > http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/ > http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?langid=1 I don't feel like registering for web forums. I can't remember the name of the web site that scans files for you over the web using multiple scanners and want to scan the file there to see what results I get. You know the site I am talking about?
From: Buffalo on 2 Dec 2009 21:11 Wile E. Coyote wrote: > Maximus the Mad wrote: > >> I am not going to search the net for the file you're talking about >> but here are two links where you should post your issues. >> http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/ >> http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?langid=1 > > I don't feel like registering for web forums. I can't remember the > name of the web site that scans files for you over the web using > multiple scanners and want to scan the file there to see what results > I get. You know the site I am talking about? virustotal.com
From: David H. Lipman on 2 Dec 2009 21:25 From: "Wile E. Coyote" <coyote(a)ACME.invalid> | I don't feel like registering for web forums. I can't remember the name | of the web site that scans files for you over the web using multiple | scanners and want to scan the file there to see what results I get. You | know the site I am talking about? If you don't provide direct feedback to the vendor with the file(s) then you are wasting your time and the news group reader's time. I'll tell 'ya what. Upload the files to http://www.uploadmalware.com/ Mark in the submission that they are FPs for me. I will provide them to Malwarebytes and Avira personnel for their inspection. No registration is needed to submit files at UploadMalware.Com . -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Wile E. Coyote on 2 Dec 2009 21:39 Andy Walker wrote: > I'm not trying to suggest that the particular issue you are having is > not a false positive as I have no information to refute your > conclusions, but GamersGate also says in their FAQ that "The games are > delivered from developers and publishers, so the risk of having an > infected download is minimal". I would call that a clear message that > they are not guarantying that their downloads are clean, and as such > they should always be scanned by your security software before use. I > would rather have a few false positives from time to time than > increase the risk of infection because a malware detection program was > playing it safe when it came to false positive detections. YMMV > I know and I asked them to scan the files in question anyway but they never got back to me. What's the name of that site where it has multiple scanners and you can scan files from within your web browser? Know the site I mean? I will double check the files there.
From: Wile E. Coyote on 2 Dec 2009 21:41
Dustin Cook wrote: > We maintain our forum for the benefit of our users. In fact,it really is > the best way for you to contact us with any problems with the software. We > can get them cleared up quickly for you this way. I don't have any problems with the software as such, just saying both Malwarebytes and Avira are detectiong the same Trojan in the same 2 files. |