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A possible Virus associated from Folding [False positive]

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:11 am
by Mvgratz
We have had a moderator on our folding team have a virus detected in a his folding work folder. Evga folding forum is where the discussion can be viewed. Thanks, Mvgratz team 111065

Re: A possible Virus associated from Folding.

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:14 am
by Mvgratz
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=100 ... #100837910 This is a link to the discussion. The first post has a link to the specific virus and file it was found in. Thanks

Re: A possible Virus associated from Folding.

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:22 am
by v00d00
Most likely a false positive.

The files generated by FAH while working most likely were arranged in a way that set off the heuristics algorithm causing it to flag the file(s).

Ive run FAH for 5 years and we see an odd false positive once every so often.

Re: A possible Virus associated from Folding [False positive]

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:40 am
by bruce
He's using avast. Search this forum for "avast false" and see how many hits you get. ;)