AMDave
05-30-2013, 08:21 PM
AVG 2013 virus scanner false positive on SETI@home 7 for Windows
The AVG virus scanner heuristic virus detection method reports a false positive for SETI@home version 7.00 on windows. This alert doesn't not indicate an infection with a known virus, but indicates that the application contains code that the virus scanner considers to be suspicious. AVG 2012 apparently does not report any issues.We believe that this alert is related to the method we used to compress the executable in order to save network bandwidth. We are examining how we can resolve the problem.
More... (http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71784)
The AVG virus scanner heuristic virus detection method reports a false positive for SETI@home version 7.00 on windows. This alert doesn't not indicate an infection with a known virus, but indicates that the application contains code that the virus scanner considers to be suspicious. AVG 2012 apparently does not report any issues.We believe that this alert is related to the method we used to compress the executable in order to save network bandwidth. We are examining how we can resolve the problem.
More... (http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71784)