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Avira detects DDTEST.EXE as a trojan (DOSX)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 17.05.2009, 22:53

> FYI : 'Avira Antivir personal edition' just updated, sees
> HX\TEST\DDTEST.EXE as a trojan horse (TR/CryptXPACK.Gen).
>
> Someone may want to work out the detection problem with Avira.

It's nice to have free antivirus software (esp. since it's not our fault people write viruses!), but the false detection ratio is quite bad when using heuristics. DDTEST.EXE has been reported falsely for quite a long time, so it's nothing new with Avira.

Complete thread:

• Avira detects DDTEST.EXE as a trojan - Ninho, 17.05.2009, 16:05
  • Avira detects DDTEST.EXE as a trojan - Rugxulo, 17.05.2009, 22:53
    • Avira detects DDTEST.EXE as a trojan - Ninho, 18.05.2009, 00:28
    • Japheth writes virii - DOS386, 18.05.2009, 05:51
      • Japheth writes virii - Ninho, 18.05.2009, 11:14
        • Japheth writes virii - tikbalang, 18.05.2009, 16:43