derekgale

Haven't looked at this thread for a little while. I sent one of the "infected" files to AVG for analysis; heard nothing back from them. A scan yesterday did not pick up any infection, so clearly it was a false positive. Thanks for all your help Mike. Cheers, Derek.

"did you update AVG? to latest version --do so and rerun" I am using the latest updates to AVG. Same problem - a number of apparently infected .exe files "do you still have ver 5.6? do you still have the original components -- re make the exe and retest" I'm still using v 5.6, and have had no virus problems in the past. I don't really want to spend lots of time rebuilding the sequences and then remaking the .exe files. Many of the original image folders have been moved, renamed or archived. "you could also do a free "on Line " scan from here http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ and see what turns up" AVG moved the files it flagged as "Infected" to the Virus Vault. I have restored those files to the folder they were in before AVG moved them. I've then scanned that folder with House Call - no threats were found. I have now got the same problem on my laptop. I turned it on today after a couple of weeks not using it, and AVG did a big update. AVG has now "found" the Trojan in some .exe files and won't let me run them. I have had no problems on my laptop before this update. I cannot have a machine that won't let me run these files, as I use these .exe files in talks that I give. I have disabled AVG's Resident Shield feature (and turned off my Internet Connection),and that allows me to run the .exe's. Not a good long term measure. It's clear to me that AVG is generating a false positive for this Trojan.

Ran one of the "infected files" on Virustotal and about 3 or 4 picked up the presence of the Trojan; most recorded nothing. What does this mean? Moved "infected" files back from Virus Vault and rescanned. AVG picked up the same files as before as "infected". Clicked on link to AVG for more information about the Trojan, and I get a message saying it's not in their Virus Encyclopedia. How can that be if the program is finding it? Derek.

Hi, Just run a virus scan with the current (9.0.839) Pro version of AVG, and it's moved 19 of my PTE (made with v.5.6) .exe files to the Virus Vault. It says they have a Trojan Horse infection with "BackDoor.Hupigon5.BAKO". I've read that AVG does generate false positives from time to time. Is this another one? If not, what do I do? Just restore them to their original location? Thanks Derek.