trojan

i started downloading mp3directcut from majorgeeks and was immediately met with a message from avast that there was a trojan in the download. win32.trojan. anyone else had this experience?

 

I have just downloaded and run this application.
It checked out OK so maybe you got a false positive?

 

I am pretty sure this is a false positive....

mp3DirectCut 2.10

This download http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4668.html

Just check with NOD32 and nothing.....

 

Thanks for the linky MA.Never had heard of that place.:thumbs up icon here:

 

Here is another for you MK

http://virusscan.jotti.org/

 

I like my Avast antivirus. It never gives me any false positives, except every time I do a full system scan. If I went by the "OMG it's a trojan so the site I got it from gave me a virus"-logic, then the publishers of all the games on my system gave me malware.

A game updater is a piece of software that downloads and installs other software onto my PC. That's trojan-like behavior, so Avast screams at it. When it happens I tell Avast not be paranoid and to ignore this file next time, and move on. I don't have a problem with this, I would rather see false positives than see a virus infect my computer, so I look very closely at any file Avast flags. If I don't recognize it I get a second opinion either from Jotti or Kaspersky's online scanner.

However, anyone who minds getting that second opinion probably shouldn't have Avast.

 

I got my first FP off Avast this week. My daughter was sat at the PC surfing...and the speakers were turned up high......and her reaction was just too funny!

It basically saw a .swf file as a virus :banghead

 

It was around X-mas I got a fp from Avast.Freaked me out at first.Only one I can recall.Thanks for the link ww220!

 

THANKS to everyone who took the time to help. this is the first false positive i've encountered with avast. but, i'd much rather be safe than repairing an infected machine. Thanks Again