Scratch

I attempted to re-download the install file and just as Firefox finished the download, AVG flagged it as the same virus as the uninstaller.  I decided to uninstall AVG and installed Avast anti virus.  Avast did not flag either files as viruses.  I then uploaded the uninstall.exe file to virus.org and all the scanners showed it as clean except for AVG.  Clearly something in AVG's latest definition update is flagging these two files as a virus.  I am sure this is a false positive and there is nothing wrong with the files.  I have had Scratch installed on my system since it was available and have never had it's uninstaller flagged. 

Looks like somebody from Scratch needs to get in touch with someone from Grisoft and have them fix their virus defs.  For now, I am going to stay with avast.  I didn't like the new AVG anyway.

To those who are in doubt, let me be a voice of caution to you.

Not all AV programs will carry same definitions as a next leading brand, so you will not get one AV scanner giving your the full cover you may be getting from another.

I have just had this virus flagged in FireFox, not just one exe file but 3 and they were in the firefox browser for my U3 flash drive. The FireFox install on my hard drive was not infected.

I had AVG 8 test both C:\ and the H:\ drive & C:\ was clean whereas H:\ (the Flash Drive) was not.

UNLESS Grisoft admit that theirs a bug, NEVER believe threads and posts in forums claiming to be some kind of authority on the matter, these are usually bogus claims.

I believe that my infection came by way of Bit Torrent and the fact that the modem I have had NetBios running ! which I have now killed off. Thanks Guys @ 3 Telecom for making broadband dangerous again.

sbcadguy wrote:

This file was clearly a false positive.  I re-ran the scan at virus.org this morning and AVG is not flagging it anymore.  Additionally, a Google search this morning showed that users of FLAC were also experiencing the same problem yesterday with it's uninstaller being flagged by AVG's latest defs. 
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Yes, you will find that, especially after AVG has removed the virus after the first scan! Any further scans will reveal no infection.

It would be interesting if these people were using any particular type of p2p client or p2p network at the time and if so what protocol. I have had viruses installed on my PC via BT before now and I wouldn't put it past BT to have been partly to blame for the incident as well as an early version of FireFox browser as well as that, I discovered that my modem was set to use NetBIOS something I have killed off, so I don't think that helped either.

Last edited by netbuddy (2008-07-05 14:11:31)

nope not a virus Symantec AntiVirus

Thats why i use Comodo Internet Security! well, i use it because its free...

you should get avg 8.5 but strange ! I use avg and no viruses found !