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Virus in Smart Defrag and Advance System Care!?

Dec 2, 2009 1:22PM PST

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Same problem here !
Dec 3, 2009 12:48AM PST

I also noticed that Advanced System Care is prompting me that a new release is available every time I log on. When redirected to the IOBIT site the version is the same as I have installed.

Is this program really reliable? WOT postings seem to indicate some issues.

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False Positive by Avast
Dec 3, 2009 10:49PM PST

Please see this post, which includes the following statement at the Avast forum:

"Topic: Win32:Delf-MZG false positive issue statement"

Hello,

Last night, avast had a bad false positive issue. At around 12:15am GMT we released VPS update 091203-0 which started flagging hundreds of innocent files as a "Win32:Delf-MZG" Trojan. Among the files affected were high-profile programs produced by Adobe, Realtek sound card drivers, various media players etc.

We are still investigating the issue, trying to find out what exactly happened and how to make absolutely sure it will not happen again.

At 5:50am GMT, another VPS update (091203-1) was released, fixing the issue.
Those who have not used their computers between 12:15am and 5:50am will most likely not be affected.

If you're still using the bad VPS (091203-0) we recommend to invoke a VPS update immediately.

Our technical support team is currently preparing extensive HOWTOs about how to fix the situation for those who were hit by the problem.

We will be updating you shortly.

We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Thanks,
Vlk


http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=51647

I would suggest you update Avast, and see if the findings are the same. They shouldn't be.

Best of luck..
Carol