Ken Cox Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Just a thought -- to help Igor isolate the problem, has anybody tried the following stepswhen you download the file - run your av and malware programs on the fileunpack the file and do the same on the program installeronce installed run your av and malware programs on the pte exefrom what i have read everybody has encountered the problem when thy make an exe -- what about the other options -- avi, mpg etc?ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobeefstu Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Most cases I have seen in the past are of anti-virus programs having false positive issues with compiled EXE using a EXE packer.As a test and temporary workaround to be able to Publish a EXE so AVG does not flag the file :Try disabling the UPX.exe packer. To disable the UPX.exe packer ... just rename the file.You can find the UPX.exe file in the PTE program folder:\Main\All\Components\UPX\upx.exeOnce you rename the UPX.exe ... Publish or compile your slideshow EXE and see if AVG still flags the file.Please Note:*This is only a temporary measure to Publish which may workaround the current AVG issue . This workaround will not resolve AVG flags of files already published with UPX.exe packer. If the files you Publish without UPX.exe packer are now working correctly with AVG ... this still does not resovle the current AVG issue. Donot send the workaround EXE files that now work correctly to AVG for testing. *Restore/rename the UPX.exe file once AVG sorts out its issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Stuwould this sufficeOnce you rename theUPX.exe toUPX.exe.oldken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Now here's an interesting fact. The "virus" that AVG is detecting = Trojan horse FakeAV.SYJ" does not have an entry in the Virus Encyclopedia on the AVG website. So they are "detecting" a virus that they can give a name to but for which they have no details on their own information database. Curiouser and curiouser!regards,PeterI have just Googled the virus and got an AVG document listing many viruses included in an update (not sure which date and.SYJ was not among them) but entered about six different sorts in the Virus Encylopedia and all of them came back as not being found. My faith in AVG is now at zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 seehttp://gsa.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=170675according tohttp://gsa.ca.com/virusinfo/removal.aspx?ID=170675&PROD=21it is still under investigationfor xp seehttp://www.ca.com/us/Support/gsa/Security-Advisor-News-and-Information/Security-Advisor-Information/Disabling-System-Restore-on-Windows-ME-and-XP.aspxken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 I prepared a 1Mb EXE specifically to send to AVG but it failed to send.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Davedid you try disabling avg while you sentI have done that in the past but i have antimalware running the backgroundken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobeefstu Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ken,Stuwould this sufficeOnce you rename theUPX.exe toUPX.exe.oldkenRenaming to UPX.exe.old should do nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaroldB Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I also tried a one-slide show. It said it failed to send it to AVG.I hope AVG resolves this soon... it's positively embarrassing.H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Palmer Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 When I use Pic2Exe 7 I keep getting AVG alerts for a Trojan Horse Fake AV. Pic2Exe hangs when I send the Trojan Horse to the Virus Vault.I have reverted to Pic2Exe 6.5. Is there a fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 See:DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 after talking with a friend last night I prepared to shut downdid an avg update and s/dwhen I booted up this morn, I got a big surprise on my win 7system had 7 exes flagged by avg and think they were made with various versions of 7I took them out of vault selected a folder and right away avg flagged it - I clicked ignore and opened the folder the exe I selected -- still no runat present I have the followingavg ver 10.0.1410db 1522/3947updated 10/10/11 @ 1820rechecked for an update this morning - i was up to datein case you cant read the attachment i will continue the threadso far the xp sp3 system has not flagged anything - it was also updated last night avg flagged exe'sTuesday, October 11, 2011TOM -- DOLPHIN_BUBBLE_RINGS.EXEMARK ALLEN\2011.EXEMORASOFT\JINGLE BELLS KARAOKE.EXETOM- SEVEN_LITTLE_FOYS.EXEMARK ALLEN\2011.EXETOM -- DOLPHIN_BUBBLE_RINGS.EXEMORASOFT\JINGLE BELLS KARAOKE.EXEken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Ken,What happens if you transfer a V7 EXE from your W7 to your XP.It will flag it.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Palmer Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hello Dave, Ken and anyone else who has responded. I'm new to the forum and not certain how the replies work however my system is XP sp3 if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 DAVEi might have the ones i posted but between writing, screenshooting and then swing to #1 system to check if things have got flagged have ran out of time -- also check your email asapforum -- i apologize for not getting a complete screenshot naming the troganken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Palmer Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Thanks, I just sent a report to AVG company about this false positive.Please also send your reports to AVG company to speed solution of this problem.Sorry for being "daft" but what is a "False Positive". I've switched back from v7 to v6.5 in order to use Pix2Exe, is v7 safe to use?Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I HAVE PINNED THE 2 CURRENT AVG THREADS TILL THINGS LEVEL OUTI HAVE NOT THE NERVE TO TRY AND MERGE THEM -- IF ONE OF THE OTHER MODERATORS GOT THE NERVE GO FOR IT - THE ONE WHERE I POSTED THE SCREEN SHOT SHOULD BE MERGED WITH THE ORIGINAL THREADNO WONDER MY PRESSURE IS UP KEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I CHECKED MY #1 SYTEM P2E FILESjust checked 2 of them Tom's charlie chan - d/l sept 13 2011andMorasoft's 7 wonders of the world sept 25both indicate badi would suggest people do not download any new files from wherever till this is sorted out -- i am going to lose a pile of exe's - i lost 30 gb of my own years ago but i have the original picts etc -- in this case i dont have the original pictsi do have exe's stored on mediafirei have become lax this year as far as backing up to dvd all downloads i get so things are now at a standstillFOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO AS PETER SAYS AND HALT ALL P2E WORK THIS IS CLEARED UPKEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 If you need to insert video into a show then you will have a problem publishing.If you don't need to insert a video into a show you can still work in V7 but to publish the EXE you need to use V6.5.When you need to Publish EXE open the show in V6.5 and Publish from there.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I have just updated my AVG created a new show with V7.0.1, published it and all appears to be OK.Anyone else care to confirm or otherwise?DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Dave win 7 systemi did another update - said it installed it - still the same ver/db #'schecked Morasoft's file - still detects as badken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Ken,I have tried it a second time and it works OK - VISTA.I was also able to run the original file that started the problem off for me without problems.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaroldB Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I just updated AVG (AVG 11; Windows 7) and it does NOT work.H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Harold,You and Ken are both on Windows 7 - coincidence?I updated to version 2012 a few days ago - maybe version 10 has not yet been updated?DGMy version of AVG is 2012.0.1831Database Version: 2090/4545 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esc Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Ken and All!I have uninstalled AVG and now all PtE.exe files works OK.Also I have checked the start of The Dreams AV and I must say the intro in splendid.Will run the complete sequence later.I suspect it is a fake update to AVG 10 or a corrupt AVG 10 version. All was well untilupdating to ver 10./Lennart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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