Virus

[ADLIN SYSTEMS]

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Found while installing proton. I even re downloaded file and tried again. Its in the PR Plus.exe file. Please Les when can we expect a clean one.

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[johngb]

There is no virus see thread http://www.protonbasic.co.uk/showthread.php/60774-Virus-activity-Proton-Compiler-Setup-3.5.0.6-XP.exe

[ADLIN SYSTEMS]

If you look carefully this is another virus not the same one they are talking about.

[billyminor]

Yes amazing how that program keeps finding a virus when all the other scanners don't , the problem is your choice of virus scanner by that I mean the free one's tend to report everything as virus even Suspicious ffiles ( which are false Positives - not a virus ) to impress you into thinking what a great job it does.I scanned the file with Nod32 Av , malawarebytes and superantispyware the last 2 are better than any virus scanner at finding the type of virus your reporting and I trust them over the virus scanner all 3 reported nothing found.Turn your scanner off and download the file and install it then put the files it thinks are viruses in the exclude list so it doesn't delete them again
I would look for a better AV soulution, if you can't trust les who can you trust
one other thing you can try is google the name of that virus better yet goto the avira website and search for that virus and let us know when you find it

[Lester]

There is no virus, it is - as usual - a false positive. Caused by the fact that the application is encrypted and spawns a copy of its self when running. The anti virus application, is pporly constructed and wrongly identifies this 'trojan' .

You get what you pay for!

[ADLIN SYSTEMS]

Thanks Lester I have turned off the part in the antvir program. All working OK. Great to know,

[Sean_Goddard]

THAT is why I dumped Avira!

Trust me, I've tried EVERY antivirus there is.


Norton is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW, McAfee bloated, Avira, too many false positives, Nod32 crashes for fun, Bitdefender misses WAY too much. I could go on but...

I now use AVG FREE and guess what? It's lightning fast, no code bloat, uses VERY little resources when doing a routine scan, AND NO false positives!! Oh I forgot to mention it's FREE!!

The ONLY reason I don't upgrade to the paid for version is that I don't need identity protection and a spam filter.

1) I can smell phishing attempts a mile off.

2) I use Mailwasher it's AWESOME worth EVERY penny. I get 0 spam messages in my inbox, despite 100's on the server and they ALL get deleted 100% guaranteed!!

Try it, it'll cost you nothing and might save you everything.

LOVE the avatar by the way billyminor (my Wife is Canadian)

[wastrix]

AVG free is probably the best I've found, however I have had false positives with it in the past. MS Security Essentials is also good, (quite fast and minimilistic, better than you'd expect) but I've apparently according to reviews and tests it does not detect some viruses.

One interesting thing I've seen is Prevx, which I believe uses some kind of cloud/distributed/behavioural system to detect viruses. Haven't tried it though. There is also Panda Cloud Antivirus, but I haven't tried this either.

[DCT15]

HelloAll

Give Avast a try, look at:
www.avast.com

Regards,

Dirk

[Sean_Goddard]

Tried Panda, slows your system to a CRAWL so not my first choice. Avast hmm maybe latest version OK, the version I used missed so much, hence my then move to McAfee