CPU-Z Trojan Horse
CPU-Z Trojan Horse
During the past few days, AVG7.5 free has been identifying CPU-Z as a trojan horse. I know its a false positive as I've had CPU-Z for quite some time. Something in their new definitions is causing this. Anyone else seen this?
Last edited by ibleet on Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: AVG7.5 free definitions
Haven't seen it on mine. I'll update and try running CPUz on the home box when I get home later. All my work machines use norton end point.
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Re: AVG7.5 free definitions
Interesting...I started seeing this a few days ago and figured it was a fluke. Then it was flagged on my sons computer also. The funny thing is that my AMD test system doesn't flag it and its running the same version of AVG and CPU-Z. Now I'm confused. 
However, I did see numerous people reporting the same issue all over the net.
Each time I return the file, AVG deletes it.
However, I did see numerous people reporting the same issue all over the net.
Each time I return the file, AVG deletes it.
Re: CPU-Z Trojan Horse
They have a thread dedicated to the issue over at CPUID and it appears to be addressed in the latest definitions. It was affecting AVG and Kaspersky.
Re: CPU-Z Trojan Horse
I tried it home and it didn't get flagged.
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Re: CPU-Z Trojan Horse
Mine is fine also
You sure you didnt get a bad version of cpu-z, or had a trojan somewhere else that infected this file?
Try taking this file and copying it to a thumb drive, then running a scan on it through the amd system - DONT run the file, just scan it - see if it gives you the virus over there also.
Mike
You sure you didnt get a bad version of cpu-z, or had a trojan somewhere else that infected this file?
Try taking this file and copying it to a thumb drive, then running a scan on it through the amd system - DONT run the file, just scan it - see if it gives you the virus over there also.
Mike
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Re: CPU-Z Trojan Horse
did you download cpuz from somewhere other than cpuid.com?
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Re: CPU-Z Trojan Horse
Since I got the updated definitions from AVG, the file no longer reports as a virus. Even from a flash drive it is now clean.
No, I downloaded it directly from the CPUID site.
If you do a search on google for "CPUZ trojan horse" you will see what I mean. I'm just happy it was a false positive. It was only with AVG and Kaspersky as far as I know, so maybe they use the same virus definitions.
No, I downloaded it directly from the CPUID site.
If you do a search on google for "CPUZ trojan horse" you will see what I mean. I'm just happy it was a false positive. It was only with AVG and Kaspersky as far as I know, so maybe they use the same virus definitions.