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OldTabby

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OldTabby 15 Dec 2008, 10:27

kas a lot of AV programs will report an infection simply for "known virus/trojan actions" in a program. Prank programs, registry editors, system tweakers, task managers all cause false positive reports on a regular basis.

The absolute classic was several years ago when Symantec's Norton AV blocked Windows Live Update. BOTH companies posted full page explanations of what was happening plus a work around - either *ignore the warning* or download the updates & install them manually! Neither Symantec nor Micro$loppy wanted to give in & fix it so the situation lasted for months Exclamation

15 Dec 2008, 10:27

revolution
When all else fails, read the source

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revolution 15 Dec 2008, 10:40

OldTabby wrote:

I think you'd better fix the spelling in the actual link revolution "virsutotal.com" goes to a Sedo parking search engine site

Thanks.

15 Dec 2008, 10:40

kas

Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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Location: UK

kas 18 Dec 2008, 07:45

OldTabby wrote:

kas The absolute classic was several years ago when Symantec's Norton AV blocked Windows Live Update... the situation lasted for months

Fantastic stuff Laughing

I think I must have been off windows at the time and certainly Norton - so I missed that.

Kas.

PS. Like a Laurel and Hardy AV comedy duo - I think I found a return match from 2006 http://www.cooltechreviews.com/windows-defender-disables-norton-antivirus/ - users cheer!

18 Dec 2008, 07:45

ziral2088

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ziral2088 29 Jan 2010, 18:14

What can i do with Norton 2010?
It detects fasmw as virus! fasm.exe as virus, beer.exe as virus and my progrm as virus.
Maybe the problem is in header... what field must i edit to pass Norton?

29 Jan 2010, 18:14

windwakr

Joined: 30 Jun 2004
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windwakr 29 Jan 2010, 18:26

I saw a fix somewhere on the forums for the header being recognized as a virus....I'll try to find it.

EDIT: http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?p=81002#81002
That's for an old version of FASM, don't know if it will work right on the newer versions.

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29 Jan 2010, 18:26

Borsuc

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Borsuc 29 Jan 2010, 19:19

At virustotal, I tend to look at Kaspersky & NOD32 first. If any of these give something red I seriously start to suspect something.

29 Jan 2010, 19:19

bitshifter

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bitshifter 29 Jan 2010, 19:57

revolution wrote:

kas wrote:
God...
Just calling me revolution will be fine.

So GOD could be a female? Smile

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29 Jan 2010, 19:57

Coddy41

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Coddy41 29 Jan 2010, 21:49

windwakr wrote:

EDIT: http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?p=81002#81002
That's for an old version of FASM, don't know if it will work right on the newer versions.

What if people put that code in there virus Shocked

It must be destroyed Evil or Very Mad

bitshifter wrote:

So GOD could be a female?

Not likely, according to the bible god has no gender.. ~KrEaPy~

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29 Jan 2010, 21:49

windwakr

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windwakr 29 Jan 2010, 22:09

Coddy41 wrote:

windwakr wrote:

EDIT: http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?p=81002#81002
That's for an old version of FASM, don't know if it will work right on the newer versions.

What if people put that code in there virus It must be destroyed

What? That just fixes the EXE header. FASM doesn't quite produce a fully correct one(I think it's intentional, though), and that's what sets off virus scanners to give false positives. THAT WOULD NOT HELP A VIRUS IN ANY WAY.

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29 Jan 2010, 22:09

Yardman

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Yardman 29 Jan 2010, 22:17

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29 Jan 2010, 22:17

revolution
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revolution 29 Jan 2010, 23:49

ziral2088 wrote:

What can i do with Norton 2010?

Uninstall it. Problem solved.

29 Jan 2010, 23:49

revolution
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revolution 29 Jan 2010, 23:52

Coddy41 wrote:

... according to the bible god has no gender.

So? The bible could be wrong.

29 Jan 2010, 23:52

DOS386

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DOS386 30 Jan 2010, 10:00

revolution wrote:

ziral2088 wrote:
What can i do with Norton 2010?
Uninstall it. Problem solved.

30 Jan 2010, 10:00

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