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Title: False Positive Virus Alert - Auto MameWah 1.62!
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on December 31, 2007, 08:41:20 pm
I found a virus in the "Auto MameWah 1.62" zip file.   :badmood:

Read more here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74982.msg776862#msg776862

** edit - Turned out it was a false positive related to the AVG software.  It scanned clean in Norton and McAfee **
Title: Re: Virus Alert - If you downloaded Auto MameWah 1.62!
Post by: gonzo90017 on December 31, 2007, 08:48:42 pm
Sorry to tell you this dude. But your Antivirus sucks. I'm using Avast 4.7 with all the latest updates. TrendMicro with the latest virus definitions. Comodo BoClean Anti-Malware which is updated  daily and I haven't gotten any virus alerts.
Title: Re: Virus Alert - If you downloaded Auto MameWah 1.62!
Post by: gonzo90017 on December 31, 2007, 09:31:23 pm
It's pretty funny. I installed AVG and it gave me the same result. When I scanned it. But when I clicked on there Virus Encyclopedia for the so called virus it found. This is what I got.  :laugh2:
Title: Re: Virus Alert - If you downloaded Auto MameWah 1.62!
Post by: gonzo90017 on December 31, 2007, 09:37:40 pm
And if anybody else doubts what i'm saying the Winkawaks version is 1.56. It seems it only gives a false positive for this version. If anybody thinks I did this on purpose the file was downloaded directly from http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/ unfortunately they don't have it up anymore but i'm sure everybody here is familiar with http://www.mamechannel.it/ Here's a link to there forum where an administrator posted the 1.56 version when it came out. Download it and scan it with AVG and you'll get the same false positive.
Title: Re: Virus Alert - If you downloaded Auto MameWah 1.62!
Post by: SGT on December 31, 2007, 10:05:08 pm
Your AVG is incorrectly alarming on a false positive.  This is a known false positive for AVG with winkawaks.   False positives are not unusal for anti-virus programs.   Here is more info on what a false positive is:

http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/info/html/what.false.positive.html

Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on December 31, 2007, 08:41:20 pm
I found a virus in the "Auto MameWah 1.62" zip file.   :badmood:

Read more here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74982.msg776862#msg776862

Title: Re: False Positive Virus Alert - Auto MameWah 1.62!
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on January 02, 2008, 02:09:20 pm
Sorry for all the Hoopla.  I tend to overreact when my arcade machine is at risk!  I tried scanning the zip file on 2 other computers (using Norton and McAfee) and they came up clean.  For some reason AVG is reporting it as a virus.  Well, I guess it is better that it is super sensitive and reports it as a false positive rather than not detecting a potential virus at all.

I updated the Thread subject to "False Positive".

Thanks for the info and my apologies if I ruffled any feathers.  (That was not my intention gonzo... I was only trying to help others).

 :-[ DeLuSioNaL
Title: Re: False Positive Virus Alert - Auto MameWah 1.62!
Post by: gonzo90017 on January 02, 2008, 09:52:18 pm
It's cool. I'm going to update winkawaks with a more recent version to avoid other potential scares.