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thymej
21st December 2008, 23:30
McAfee Enterprise v8.5 detecting the EXE in the eac3to zip. The file yr_eac3to_more_gui.exe detected as a virus Generic.dx (Trojan). What is with that. I hopes its a false positive because I have used this problem.

ThymeJ
GrofLuigi
22nd December 2008, 08:18
McAfee Enterprise v8.5 detecting the EXE in the eac3to zip. The file yr_eac3to_more_gui.exe detected as a virus Generic.dx (Trojan). What is with that. I hopes its a false positive because I have used this problem.

ThymeJ

It's UPX packed; many antivirus products don't bother (or maybe can't - because there are many possible variants) to scan "through" UPX exes.

That said, I have ran it too and nothing bad happened. :)

GL
madshi
22nd December 2008, 09:02
It is most probably a false alarm. You should contact McAfee and ask them about it.
Capsbackup
22nd December 2008, 17:00
Is there a work-a-round for those of us that use McAfee? I can't even download the program unless I disable McAfee, but as soon as it is enabled, McAfee deletes.
thymej
22nd December 2008, 19:30
Is there a work-a-round for those of us that use McAfee? I can't even download the program unless I disable McAfee, but as soon as it is enabled, McAfee deletes.

You add the file as an exclusion. I dont know how to add exclusions with the retail version but, If you are using the Enterprise McAfee version you do the following: Right Click on On-Access Scanner, select Properties, click All Processes, Detection, click Exclusions..., Add, Browse to the file you want to exlude from scanning.
GrofLuigi
23rd December 2008, 00:22
Is there a work-a-round for those of us that use McAfee? I can't even download the program unless I disable McAfee, but as soon as it is enabled, McAfee deletes.
Or you can try unpacking upx (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=unpack+upx&btnG=Google+Search) and see if it'll work.

GL