Virus in Antivir?

[Morgan Ohlson]

Just a few days after I upgraded Antivir another scanner says that antivir
contains a virus.

Avast says that x:\program\antivir pec\avrep.dll is Win32:agent-it (file is
1.69Mb). It is called worm, backdor and trojan in different info's.

Is it a faulty alarm or is there another explanation?


Morgan O.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Morgan Ohlson" <[email protected]>

|
| Just a few days after I upgraded Antivir another scanner says that antivir
| contains a virus.
|
| Avast says that x:\program\antivir pec\avrep.dll is Win32:agent-it (file is
| 1.69Mb). It is called worm, backdor and trojan in different info's.
|
| Is it a faulty alarm or is there another explanation?
|
| Morgan O.

That happens sometmes. One AV appication incorrectly flags another AV applications utility
as malware.

Avast has long been know to falsely declare Trend Sysclean as being infected with the
VBS/Redlof.


If you are unsure...

Please submit a sample of "avrep.dll" to Virus Total --
http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html
The submission will then be tested against many different AV vendor's scanners.
That will give you an idea what it is and who recognizes it. In addition, unless told
otherwise, Virus Total will provide the sample to all participating vendors.

You can also submit a suspect, one at a time, via the following email URL...
mailto:[email protected]?subject=SCAN

When you get the report, please post back the exact results.

 

[Morgan Ohlson]

From: "Morgan Ohlson" <[email protected]>

|
| Just a few days after I upgraded Antivir another scanner says that antivir
| contains a virus.
|
| Avast says that x:\program\antivir pec\avrep.dll is Win32:agent-it (file is
| 1.69Mb). It is called worm, backdor and trojan in different info's.
|
| Is it a faulty alarm or is there another explanation?
|
| Morgan O.

That happens sometmes. One AV appication incorrectly flags another AV applications utility
as malware.

Avast has long been know to falsely declare Trend Sysclean as being infected with the
VBS/Redlof.


If you are unsure...

Please submit a sample of "avrep.dll" to Virus Total --
http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html
The submission will then be tested against many different AV vendor's scanners.
That will give you an idea what it is and who recognizes it. In addition, unless told
otherwise, Virus Total will provide the sample to all participating vendors.

You can also submit a suspect, one at a time, via the following email URL...
mailto:[email protected]?subject=SCAN

When you get the report, please post back the exact results.

I hade to recover mentioned file (avrep.dll) from Avast vault. Antivir
Scanner didn't start without it.


Morgan O.