AVG Antivirus breaks Warcraft!

Lag_Reviews · 12-30-2009, 08:12 AM

Hey all,

Just thought i would bring it to your attention that AVG virus scanner has picked up a fake virus in Warcraft.

If you have AVG and pick up a Trojan Horse Generic 16 then it is a fake virus intended to delete all working Warcraft exe's from your computer.

It even deletes your new installed Warcraft files. It is an error.

As the manager of avg states http://forums.avg.com/us-en/avg-free...&page=2&type=0

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Hi,

this false will be fixed in next virus database update.

Thanks
***************AVG Team

So just to bring it to your attention it is not harmful and do not delete your versions of Warcraft like I did.

Hope this helps,
Lag_reviews

TheTerran · 12-30-2009, 09:08 AM

I used to work for AVG :)

This is the free version? I had a similar problem with the paid version, but it turnt out i had a virus elsewhere months ago that infected all exes and now after a format when i scan it doesn't detect any viruses. So I wouldn't say it detects war3.exe as a virus necessarily. The free version does false detection to many programs, though.

Destroyer95 · 12-30-2009, 09:53 AM

Wow. That never happened to me. And then I read this thread and after 10 minutes it did happen. Good thing I read this. Thanks !

EDIT: I thought Move to vault marks the file as safe... damn didn't read...

EDIT 2: Oh great... can't find my cd -.-'
Is there a way to remove stuff from the vault?

EDIT 3:Remembered where it is

Lag_Reviews · 12-30-2009, 10:07 AM

Never fear just wait for the next avg virus database update to be released and hopefully that will fix this problem and restore your warcraft.

Although until the next avg virus database update do not try installing warcraft even with the cd as the virus will still pick it up.

Also moving the generic trojan 16 virus to the avg virus vault does not stop the virus as I have found out.

Hope this helped,
Lag_reviews!

TheTerran · 12-30-2009, 10:21 AM

I suggest sending to Tech Support, so that a fix is done specially about war3 and its exes to not be detected.

Crazed_seal2 · 12-30-2009, 10:43 AM

AVG wanted to send my War3.exe into the virus vault, i said ignore then added the folder to the exceptions list.
Also For other people who use AVG and want to use Newgen, just do Resident Shield> Exceptions and add Newgen folder to the exceptions list and you will be fine!

Lag_Reviews · 12-30-2009, 11:52 AM

AVG have recently updated there program and have removed the fake warcraft 3 virus (Trojan generic 16) from coming up when you scan warcraft.

You are now free to play warcraft and or re-install it safely.

All you have to do is right click you avg and hit update, install the update and BOOM warcraft works again.

Hope AVG does not stuff up again,
Lag_reviews!

PS: Hope your warcraft works now if this happened to you.

scorpion182 · 12-30-2009, 12:19 PM

avg should bans dota not warcraft :D

Ralle · 12-30-2009, 01:38 PM

I hope it is OK that I made this a news thread :)

tleno · 12-30-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lag_Reviews

AVG have recently updated there program and have removed the fake warcraft 3 virus (Trojan generic 16) from coming up when you scan warcraft.

You are now free to play warcraft and or re-install it safely.

All you have to do is right click you avg and hit update, install the update and BOOM warcraft works again.

Hope AVG does not stuff up again,
Lag_reviews!

PS: Hope your warcraft works now if this happened to you.

AVG already screwed up once, exiting to desktop every 30 minutes... Good thing I have 9.0, not 8.5... but still, looks like guys from AVG need to be more careful... next time they might accidentally send the fromat c: command instead of database update...