Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

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Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free R.V.Gronoff 05-20-2008
Posted by R.V.Gronoff on May 20, 2008, 8:51 pm
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g0vhu9$4c9$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
>> Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I can't
>> load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe is
>> a
>> Win32:Trojan-gen Virus/worm.
>> VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008
>
> If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't
> work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until
> Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it
> is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the
> program.
>
> Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple
> anti-virus scanners check the file(s)?

It's the legit file I've been using for about two years now. The thing is,
it works at a very low level to intercept the DVD drives region code and
emulate a region 0 code instead., allowing to play any region-coded DVD in
the PC drive(s).


Posted by VanguardLH on May 20, 2008, 9:08 pm
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> g0vhu9$4c9$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>
>>> Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I can't
>>> load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe is
>>> a
>>> Win32:Trojan-gen Virus/worm.
>>> VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008
>>
>> If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't
>> work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until
>> Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it
>> is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the
>> program.
>>
>> Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple
>> anti-virus scanners check the file(s)?
>
> It's the legit file I've been using for about two years now. The thing is,
> it works at a very low level to intercept the DVD drives region code and
> emulate a region 0 code instead., allowing to play any region-coded DVD in
> the PC drive(s).

Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or
replaced.

Posted by David H. Lipman on May 20, 2008, 9:14 pm
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|
| Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or
| replaced.

If it got replaced the software would no longer work. However it can get
trojanized.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



Posted by VanguardLH on May 20, 2008, 9:19 pm
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>
>|
>| Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or
>| replaced.
>
> If it got replaced the software would no longer work. However it can
> get trojanized.

As yet, no one but the OP knows if the files are still working. We
only know that the OP says Avast claims the files are infected.

Posted by David H. Lipman on May 20, 2008, 9:33 pm
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|
>>
>|> Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or
>|> replaced.
>>
>> If it got replaced the software would no longer work. However it can
>> get trojanized.
|
| As yet, no one but the OP knows if the files are still working. We
| only know that the OP says Avast claims the files are infected.

Yes... Win32:Trojan-gen -- a generic detection. If it was trojanized or
infected with a
virus the propensity for a generic detection would be much lower and would
presumably have a
more specific detection. I believe this may be a FP declaration.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



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