Simviation Forum - Virus trouble

Sep 9^th, 2005 at 2:29pm

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Hi guys.....
While getting everything re-installed on the new computer.....
My Virus software updated this morning and this is the result!

This kinda bothers me little...First I've seen of it?
Any Ideas?

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Reply #1 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 2:54pm

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I think its a general problem with some programs that try to connect to the internet?

ps, you would get more luck in the Games & Software forum..

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Reply #2 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 2:56pm

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Are you using legitimate files? If you downloaded them for free, then please get rid of them and buy the actual software from their respective owners... Angry

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Reply #3 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 3:02pm

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Are you using legitimate files? If you downloaded them for free, then please get rid of them and buy the actual software from their respective owners... Angry

Yeah, they are bought and payed for! Shocked

My main concern was to see if any one else had seen the same thing with different types of virus software.

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Reply #4 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 3:04pm

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This is too weird. I did a scan with my AV today, same as yours AVG, and it showed trojans in the Christen Eagle, and the Dreamfleet T-O-M, and yes my Dreamfleet planes are all legit 8) Grin

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Reply #5 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 3:07pm

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This is too weird. I did a scan with my AV today, same as yours AVG, and it showed trojans in the Christen Eagle, and the Dreamfleet T-O-M, and yes my Dreamfleet planes are all legit 8) Grin

Well I just shot a e-mail off to Flight 1......
It has to be something in the downloaders showing up as a trojan.

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Reply #6 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 3:27pm

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Yeah, they are bought and payed for! Shocked

My main concern was to see if any one else had seen the same thing with different types of virus software.

Whoops...sorry mate...didn't mean to offend ya...anyway...it's good that you wrote to Flight1...they should turn up with a response...I've asked alot of questions and they usually reply... Wink

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Reply #7 - Sep 9^th, 2005 at 3:36pm

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Whoops...sorry mate...didn't mean to offend ya...anyway...it's good that you wrote to Flight1...they should turn up with a response...I've asked alot of questions and they usually reply... Wink

8)

Thats O-kay......It's kinda funny....this weekend I went and bought the rest of the PMDG planes I didnt' have and kept thinking of the last line "Proud owner of all PMDG products" that you have....When the dust setteled my wife went caustic!.....
It's funny though...none of their products showed up on the scan?

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Reply #8 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 4:33am

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I've just got the same result ........ its obviously something in the update.

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Reply #9 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 5:20am

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Thats O-kay......It's kinda funny....this weekend I went and bought the rest of the PMDG planes I didnt' have and kept thinking of the last line "Proud owner of all PMDG products" that you have....When the dust setteled my wife went caustic!.....
It's funny though...none of their products showed up on the scan?

This is most weird...but I don't mind because PMDG Products are excellent

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Reply #10 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 5:41am

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It could be your anti-virus software, there was a big broohah a while back over some freeware kite (can't remember which), everyone with one certain type of anti-virus software got a warning...
I've never had a problem with any PMDG product.

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Reply #11 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 5:56am

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It could be your anti-virus software, there was a big broohah a while back over some freeware kite (can't remember which), everyone with one certain type of anti-virus software got a warning...
I've never had a problem with any PMDG product.

The freeware one...I am thinking it was the LIC Christen Eagle...I am not sure...maybe the LIC Deke....not very sure...
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Reply #12 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 9:49am

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ozzy......
That's what I'm hoping it is......The problem being, The AVG version isnt' freeware!......I registered it!
But all the same, It does come recomended by alot of people I've talked too.

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Reply #13 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 10:09am

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Interesting.

I just got my usual twice daily updates for my AVG virus software last night and the computer got scanned overnight. Suddenly I had two downloaded flight sim archives showing viruses. They have been on the machine for a while...and never got "tagged" before.

Both were freeware. Neither had yet been installed.

One was realtime_169948.zip and it said it had the DownloaderAgent.XS embedded in it.

The other was RealLifeLighteningFS2004.zip and it said it had Dropper.Generic.WF embedded in it.

I deleted both of them just in case.

I am not sure where I downloaded them from.... it COULD have been here... but it could have been elsewhere too.

Oh.... I ditched McAfee and Norton for AVG upon the recommendation of my "computer guru's" at the clone shop where I have been buying machines for 20 years. That is what THEY use to clean machines that come in for help. They swear that it is FAR better than the other two.

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Reply #14 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 10:52am

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The broohar over the freeware aircraft a few months ago was the Stearman, it was also AVG that gave the false positive.

I'm almost certain that it is the same in this case.

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Reply #15 - Sep 11^th, 2005 at 7:48pm

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I own the Dreamfleet A36 and my avg did the same thing after it updated that day. Like Eno said it's just a false positive.

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Reply #16 - Sep 12^th, 2005 at 12:31pm

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All anti-virus software will generate false-positives every once in a while. If you have had files on your comp for a while and they generate a virus warning after an A-V update you can suspect a false positive. The next A-V update will generally correct the problem.

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Reply #17 - Sep 12^th, 2005 at 1:09pm

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So far so good....3 more updates no more trouble.

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