AVG

[Barry Beckham]

Just heads up

In my emails this morning I have two contacts reporting another problem with AVG which is picking up some PTE shows as containing a virus. One is added below

I am not sure whether you want to know this but AVG Anti Virus is yet again finding a virus in some of your pictures to exe AVs. I have on my computer some of your AVs which you offer as free downloads and according to a recent AVG scan the following contain a Trojan horse BackDoor Hupigon5.ARYN virus. pasteinto.exetempleof the sences.exeJack Frost.exeBlack Country 2.exe Hopefully these are all false positives but I think you might wish to know this is happening.

[Conflow]

Hi Barry,

Yes you are on the Ball ~ this is happening with nearly all Anti-Virus Vendors who are introducing

their 2009/2010 versions of their Software now containing (so-called) Internet Security Suites which

flag all Exe's and legitimate Scripts not approved by the Microsoft accreditation process. This is a

'blatent' Sales gimmick distorting the Microsoft process and effectively trying to say that your PC

Firewalls are useless so buy our product for extra protection !!!

Below is a 'Clip' from the Kaspersky Labs Forum proving my statement when it concerns the PTE Exe

Slideshow if zipped with the UPX-Packer.

(This applies to any direct Web-Downloads or downloads from CDs or DVD's or otherwise).

Brian (Conflow)

[Guest Yachtsman1]

My AVG has been asking me to update or upgrade for the last 10 days, to date I have ignored it. However the notice is headed "TIME IS RUNNING OUT" which is obviously a frightener. Will PTE advise when it is safe to update/upgrade or shall I continue to ignore. Yesterday I copied 18GB of PTE work in progress/exe files to my separate HD in anticipation something could go wrong

Yachtsman1.

[Ken Cox]

Eric

ver 8 is likely running out for updates

and ver 9 has been out since last fall

from my log -- Grisoft AVG Ver.9.0 bld. 698 installed on 3 systems November 7, 2009

be selctive in what you install - i did not install /enable the 'Internet-Protection Program'

tell your box builder not to install antivirus in your new box without consulting you - you can decide whether you are going to stick with avg - i would stay with it

you better search the forum for the various entries re anti virus and print them or consolidate the points for reference

ken

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi Ken

It's on my spec no anti virus or trial software to be installed. Can't see the point of them bringing our devices that aren't friendly, its a case of damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1