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False positives on AVG - common?

Darkglasses · 2014-01-10 22:25:15

Was just using screenr, got a bunch of warnings using it because I let it use my java, even though I know it's a reasonably reputable source. No downloads involved anyway so I used it (it's crap btw, don't bother.) Just in case, I ran a full scan on AVG. It picked up 1 high risk infected app, just described as hidden, part…

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10-01-2014 11:25pm

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Darkglasses

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Was just using screenr, got a bunch of warnings using it because I let it use my java, even though I know it's a reasonably reputable source. No downloads involved anyway so I used it (it's crap btw, don't bother.)

Just in case, I ran a full scan on AVG. It picked up 1 high risk infected app, just described as hidden, part of the operating system, absolutely no other details. Detected by anti-rootkit.

I restarted, and ran another full scan, and got nothing detected, so I'm guessing AVG was detecting itself or something like that. Anybody else encountered something like this?

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#2 12-01-2014 1:42pm
jsa112

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avg has had problems before with FPs and removing something that caused machines to become unbootable. All anti-viruses have this problem though.

generally you shouldn't remove/fix anything unless you know what exactly it is

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