Avira finds trojan in app hosted here at MG!

I'm sure this is not a huge deal judging from the name and nature of the program being flagged by Avira's AntiVir. I installed the newest release that came out yesterday (version 10 of the free edition) and decided to try out the "nag screen" disabling program NoNotifyAvira which was also on yesterday's front page. Well, it was blocked and removed before the download even had a chance to finish. LOL Actually, it was a fairly impressive response from AntiVir that it killed it so fast, but I also found it humorous that AntiVir zapped an app designed to zap the AntiVir nag screen. roflmao Just an observation . . . nothing to get all freaked out about since I know the mods/owners here at MG do an OUTSTANDING job in thoroughly checking all apps hosted here.

[dlb]
:-D

 

Hey, I'm running the free version of avira 9 on two computers. One is an AMD dual core laptop, the other is an AMD quad core desktop.

I found the nonotifyavira program on 3/22 and installed it on the laptop. I got no warnings about trojans or anything from avira, which still (as I'm typing this) reports:
Virus definition file: V7.10.05.162, 3/22/2010
And on the laptop on 3/23/2010, about 2000 Eastern (US), I used avira to scan the nonotifyavira program that I downloaded from MG. No problem found.

On the desktop today (3/23)...shortly after avira finished downloading updates (3/23 virus definition updates), I downloaded nonotifyavira from MG again. This time, avira is complaining about a trojan in nonotifyavira.

Think about it folks. This nonotifyavira program is NOT a virus or trojan or malware, and it's NOT a "false positive".

According to various google hits, it appears that nonotifyavira was released on 3/22. A 3/23 virus definition update from avira flags nonotifyavira as a trojan. I don't believe in coincidences.

I believe some coder at avira is pretty pissed.

 

LOL Yup.

roflmao Double "Yup".

I've been using these directions for years to disable the Avira 'nag screens', but I saw that there was an app for it, and figured I'd give it a go....

 

3/28 update:

As I posted before,
nonotifyavira released 3/22
3/23 Virus definition update from avira flags nonotifyavira as a trojan

Now for the rest of the story...
If you search the virus descriptions at
http://www.avira.com/en/threats/index.html
you will find NOTHING for TR/Virtool.38400, which is the specific trojan name for which avira flags nonotifyavira

So, it seems Avira identifies nonotifyavira as a trojan, and yet Avira doesn't want to say why they identify it as a trojan. I wonder why?

roflmao

 

One note on anyone using those directions. Avira has changed it's install location to:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop

so when using those directions make the adjustment.

 

New question on this program. On my XP box I just do it the old fashioned way. On a new fresh install of Win 7 I ran this little app. OK it did stop the splash screen when I boot and it did stop the nag screen but replaced it with a windows error. Now every time I update Avira it gives me a "out of memory error" I've tried contacting the author to see what this actually does but if you goto his page it's in Italian with bad translated English. Has anyone else tried this and gotten this error. Uninstall and re-install of Avira didn't fix it.

 

All you need to do to disable the nag screen is to find "avnotify.exe" and set it's security settings to "deny" everything for "system".

 

Yes, as I said I normally do it the old fashioned way. I gave this program a try 'just to see' on a fresh win 7 install. I never heard back from the developer but I don't recommend this app. As for the problem I had with the out of memory error. I again uninstalled Avira, ran the Avira registry clean tool then reinstalled. It is back to normal now.

 

You do Win 7 the same way you do XP Pro:

Start > Control Panel
Administrative tools > Local security policy
Click on Software Restriction Policy > Action > create new restriction policies
Right-click additional rules > new path rule
Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop and double-click avnotify.exe
Set the security level to Disallowed > apply > ok