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1. #Avg false positive trojan horse in auslogics update#
2. #Avg false positive trojan horse in auslogics software#
3. #Avg false positive trojan horse in auslogics windows#

Update your AVG definitions soon.ĪVG Moderator confirmed on August 28 in a forum post the false alarm and that they have release a new virus detection update. If you are seeing the said problem, make sure to read the activity log of AVG. Running the system file checker utility will help but it will not solve the problem because AVG did not only detect system files but executable of third party applications that SFC will not restore.

#Avg false positive trojan horse in auslogics windows#

Looking at the sample AVG activity logs by AVG user at shows that AVG has deleted a lot of legitimate files by legitimate applications including Windows Update file wuauclt.exe by Microsoft and even the AVG executables avgcmgr8.exe! Moderator of CNET, Carol has provided also some links on similar reports mentioned at Īll of the above reports started to happen to end-users that has AVG and allowed AVG to delete/quarantine the infection Sheur2 and. Sample reports yesterday and the other day is here, here and here. Other users has reported to receive a dialog box that the executable of the program that they are trying to open is is not a valid Win32 application. I only ask you take care in distinguishing between facts and suspicions.Many AVG users are now asking help in forum on why they could not run legitimate applications such as Firefox, Microsoft Word, CCleaner, Malwarebytes’ Anti-malware etc. Similarly you stated that "I have no way to change the subject title" without bothering to check that "fact". If you had actually confirmed the Trojan was present it would be a "simply a statement of fact". It found a SIGNATURE that matched the Trojan. You said "I just ran AVG Anti-Virus and it found trojan horse in the program file FAVC_105.exe." With this, I end my contributions to this subject.

In many other forums, I was only able to change the content of my post, not its title.

#Avg false positive trojan horse in auslogics software#

From that menu, type regedit and click enter, and you’ll see a screen like this: Click HKEYCURRENTUSER, then expand the SOFTWARE folder.

For a more comprehensive list (on Windows), hold the windows key and press R to bring up the run menu. All I cared and chose to do is to present what happened in details without naming and accusing anyone.Īs for changing the title of course, I changed it immediately after I found out from you that it was possible. Not all Trojans will show up in your add/remove program list. It's up to one's nature to read my title as an "accusation" or simply a statement of fact. Thank you, Mr_Odwin for clarifying the issue. If you hear the world is ending on one news station, I'd bet you'd turn to another news station just to make sure Trend Micro offers their online House Call for free, which when in doubt, it's always good to have a second opinion. I don't know about recent versions of AVG, but AVAST is a bit heavier than the AVG from 2.5 years ago. We have ran it on our XP machine and 2000 machine for a number of years now with out problems. You should go ahead and move over to Avast. i don't mind it erring on the safe side but i now understand the phrase "you get what you pay for" a little better. exes it didn't like, but norton had said were ok. avg scanned the comp and deleted 4 program. i didn't wish to pay them again for this year so i went with avg for now. when it rebooted with the new battery i installed the bios date was 1980. after using norton for 3 years without any infection of any kind the battery died in this comp. Having just switched from norton to avg i can attest that avg finds false positives.