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i had the same problem, i and another person sent it to avg for analysis. cause it's harmless.

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It doesn't seem harmful, but I would do a spyware scan just in case.

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it isn't harmful, it's the official runescape client. jagex would be SOL if they sent out a virus with that. it's just a false positive, but i'm (and toast) are stuck cause we can't redownload or anything, it always gets flagged for me at least. i can't even open it.

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And Evil you mad bastard. You are definately bringing TET back up to it's glory. No doubt about it. Keep it going champ.

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I always forget you're 20 too. I always think you're 25 or something. o.o

Ya think that I'm insane, Its not sane... its not sane

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Jagex's Creator on the AVG False Alarm: Quick find code: 25-26-570-57662789

 

 

 

 

 

" Andrew

 

Jagex Mod

 

 

 

 

 

26-Sep-2008 20:41:48

 

A popular antivirus program called AVG was updated today with new virus definitions.

 

 

 

Unfortunately these definitions seem to be slightly broken, and are giving false alarms about our downloadable RuneScape client.

 

 

 

I would like to assure you that runescape[Caution: Executable File], as downloaded from this website, does NOT contain a virus.

 

 

 

In fact the file hasn't even changed since 2006! I've just double checked and it's the exact same file it has been for years.

 

 

 

We suspect the reason for this false alarm is as follows: runescape[Caution: Executable File] is compressed (made smaller for quicker downloading) using a freely available program called UPX.

 

We think this is confusing AVG, and causing it to mistake runescape[Caution: Executable File] for a totally unrelated virus which was also compressed with UPX.

 

 

 

The false alarm only comes up for the downloadable windows client (from our extra downloads section), so if you are still worried about it you can just play from our website using your web browser instead. We hope AVG will fix this in their next definitions update.

 

 

 

However I repeat: Our download does not have a virus in it!

 

 

 

If you have any further questions, we suggest you contact AVG directly. "

 

 

 

Lol I had it pop-up too and was kinda scared :P

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Ok, can anyone who is very tech-savvy help me?

 

 

 

I had two cases of the runescape[Caution: Executable File] problem, because I had two of them apparently, and they were both in AVG Free's Virus Vault. Now I deleted them, and I thought this would destroy the virus too. But now I have had a new occurrence come up.

 

 

 

Trojan horse Downloader.Generic7.AUDD was found in C:\System Volume Information\_restore{1D1D6F93-1B0C-4060-8079-09274A8 1BD2A}\RP118\A0014574[Caution: Executable File]

 

 

 

I have it stored in my AVG Virus Vault at this very moment, so are there any courses of action I should take? Is this where the file went when I deleted the previous exe's from the vault?

 

 

 

Also an E-mail scanner pop-up came from AVG randomly as it was connecting to what looked like my IP, and it said it found "no other messages" in a popup. Possibly because I sent the new Trojan Downloader exe(the one in system volume...) to be analyzed? But I did not provide an email...

 

 

 

I hope I'm not being seriously hacked by a program I accidently downloaded. I never download illegal files or anything like that so I don't know how this would happen.

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@Chaos ^^

 

 

 

Seems like you got a copy of it in your restore point. Nobody is hacking you, just AVG being inferior again.

 

 

 

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_de ... estore_EXE

 

 

 

That pretty much has your answer. You could also go back and delete that restore point as well.

 

 

 

That program has more false positives than Pamela Anderson has silicone in her breasts.

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So you sucker punched a kid in the back of the head? Good job.
What scares me is that you're like 10 years old.
-.- im not that freaking young
You were a couple years ago.
It's not racist if its true.
Hmm... I wonder how one goes about throwing someone out a window in a mystic fashion :-k

 

The mental image for that is freaking awesome.

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It's a false positive as many have stated. Just ignore it and it'll be alright. ::'

 

 

 

AVG gives a ton of false positives. It'd call it's own mother a virus.

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It's a false positive as many have stated. Just ignore it and it'll be alright. ::'

 

 

 

AVG gives a ton of false positives. It'd call it's own mother a virus.

 

Its free.

 

 

 

Yes, but AVG can find viruses where other virus scanners fail. That's why it's useful to have AVG in combination with others. Be wary of software conflicts.

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It's a false positive as many have stated. Just ignore it and it'll be alright. ::'

 

 

 

AVG gives a ton of false positives. It'd call it's own mother a virus.

 

Its free.

 

 

 

Yes, but AVG can find viruses where other virus scanners fail. That's why it's useful to have AVG in combination with others. Be wary of software conflicts.

 

 

 

There's also viruses like AntivirusXP 2008 that AVG didn't detect on one of my friend's computer :roll:.

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It's a false positive as many have stated. Just ignore it and it'll be alright. ::'

 

 

 

AVG gives a ton of false positives. It'd call it's own mother a virus.

 

Its free.

 

 

 

Yes, but AVG can find viruses where other virus scanners fail. That's why it's useful to have AVG in combination with others. Be wary of software conflicts.

 

 

 

There's also viruses like AntivirusXP 2008 that AVG didn't detect on one of my friend's computer :roll:.

 

 

 

No Antivirus program is perfect; there are holes in every one, even Kaspersky.

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To be fair AntivirusXP 2008 isnt exactly nerfed by any one program yet. We ran some tests with it in a controlled setting in our lab. Its the worst thing I have seen since Aurora/ Nail[Caution: Executable File]

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How would you know it's biased or not? Have you tried the most recent versions of Norton?

 

 

 

Norton has had a history of being pretty heavy on resources, but more recent versions of the AV have proven to be more efficient overall. Norton has always had a good reputation for on-demand scans and perhaps the other vendors just slipped up that one month. If you look up past reports, you'll find that Norton isn't consistently in the top ranks. What makes you personally say otherwise?

 

 

 

You can check up their methodology on the site by clicking the link in the report (I can't direct link to it)

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