AVG identifies Adobe Flash as malicious

[Dalo Harkin]

AVG isn't doing well with the false positives these days. Just a few short days after crippling non-english versions of Windows XPhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif with a botched update, the company now has another problem. The latest update of their suite is now flagging the nearly ubiquitous Adobe Flash as a malicious trojan.

 

The suite of course gives people the choice about whether or not to remove Flash, and at least in this most recent instance it is not a mission-critical file that disables the system that has been misidentified. Still, false positives are something that not only prevent people from trusting their A/V suite, but hinder people's ability to properly react to a problem when a real one exists.

 

AVG recently identified a software firewall suite, ZoneAlarm, as malicious as well, putting some serious doubts into the company's QA. The company has made a public statement that they are implementing systems to prevent these false positives from continuing to pop up.

 

Sourced from AVG identifies Adobe Flash as malicious - TechSpot News

[Mara]

For someone like myself who loved AVG and finally gave up using it because of 'false positives' - I do feel sorry for the techs that created and shared this program.

[Goku]

AVG is surely going a rough time at the moment. By the way, Avira also detects a malicious code in the latest download of Adobe Reader. Seems, Adobe needs to sort out its code better.

 

-- Goku

[RandyL]

A good time to mention this in light of false positives.

 

In my opinion it's always best to have the settings so you can review what is detected before you choose to remove anything. All AV's are different so check first.

 

For instance I have three programs saved as an exe in my folders in case I ever need them. They are not installed but my AV picks them up as possibly malicious. Of course I choose to ignore but it is worth mentioning.