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1. #2015 win32 malware gen avast false positive upgrade
2. #2015 win32 malware gen avast false positive windows 10

It scans most files in a minute or so, so you don’t have to wait long before you know for sure if your antivirus is detecting a false positive or if you have a real problem.

VirusTotal will check any file from your computer or from a download link with 54 different antivirus programs. The fastest, best, safest free way to do this is to use a site called VirusTotal. The second tip we have for you, regardless of the antivirus you use is this: If your antivirus detects a virus or Trojan (not a PUP or malware program) in a file or program, double check it before you panic. Emsisoft not only provides superior antivirus protection, it provides antimalware and PUPs detection which Avast is direly lacking. We’ve worked on dozens and dozens of Avast-protected computers – and almost always we have removed a plethora of malware and PUPs from these systems.

#2015 win32 malware gen avast false positive upgrade

The first tip is – upgrade your antivirus to Emsisoft if for no other reason than, despite what Avast claims, its anti-malware component is virtually impotent - and it has no PUPs detection at all from what we have seen. This leads us to a tip for those of you who continue to use Avast (free or paid) antivirus. We haven’t changed CalendarPal – so Avast must have fixed its botched update. As of today, November 2, 2014, Avast no longer finds any virus in CalendarPal. We don’t know why Avast suddenly started detecting viruses in clean files, but we highly suspect it was due to a bad Avast update.

#2015 win32 malware gen avast false positive windows 10

We haven’t made any changes to CalendarPal since 2007 – and it continues to work well in all versions of Windows from Windows XP through Windows 10 (technical preview). We have been flooded with emails from folks for the last couple of days asking if we had done something to CalendarPal – we haven’t. If an antivirus cannot differentiate a bad, malicious file from a good, safe file, then one has to wonder if it will detect real viruses when encountered.įirst, the suspected virus “Win32:Evo-gen” seems to be everywhere, at least according to Avast – but no other antivirus seems to find it. A false-positive is a harmless file detected as a malicious file. Avast is well-known for its high rate of false-positives.

We were recently bombarded with email from Avast users because suddenly, without warning, Avast detected Cloudeight CalenderPal as being infected with the virus: Win32:Evo-gen.