Our software was flagged as a virus for a day - like lots of assistive technology, it does things like key hooking that can look suspect. We reported this to AVG and they fixed it in the next update. So yes, false positives, but speedy resolution in our case.
Cheers, Alasdair King WebbIE On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:56 PM, DoubleLegal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's good to know. I've never seen a Trojan show up on this old computer > of mine, so was a little worried. > > Didn't know that AVG was known for false positives. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:48 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] I found a Trojan in Goldwave! > > >> >> Hi. No, I think it's a false positive. This is why I'm not keen on AVG to >> be >> honest, as to me it flags genuine programmes as actual viruses, and this >> is >> one good example, flagging GoldWave to be a virus. Avast won't do this. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "DoubleLegal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Blind Computer Users" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:39:07 -0600 >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] I found a Trojan in Goldwave! >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> This kind of freaked me out. >>> >>> I just downloaded and installed the new Security updates for Windows XP >> this morning. As they were being installed, I walked away from my >> computer. >> When I got back, my AVG Anti Virus had popped up saying it had found a >> Trojan Virus. >>> >>> I had also updated my AVG software at about 5am, but had not run a >>> computer >> scan. >>> >>> I moved the virus to the virus vault and then got it's name and what >> program it was in. Turns out it was in Gold Wave. Looks like it would have >> been activated if I ever uninstalled Gold Wave. >>> >>> Here's the name of the virus and where it was located: >>> >>> Trojan Horse Downloader.banload.wpr >>> c:\program files\Goldwave\unstall.exe >>> >>> Scan your computers!! >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>> http://www.blind-computing.com >>> Address for the list archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >>> or body of a blank message to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >>> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >>> following address: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Alasdair King Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
