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New beta .29 sets off antivirus programs - 4/7/2015 5:36:03 PM

tevans6220

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I'm sure this is just a false positive but could somebody check to be certain. I downloaded and installed the .29 beta and Windows Defender alarmed me that it was a Trojan. So I installed Avast AV and got the same result. I uninstalled Avast and put on AVG. AVG gives the same result too. All three claim the .29 exe has a trojan attached. Could somebody please check to make certain. I've never had 3 AV programs all come up with the same thing so I'm a little hesitant to exclude the .exe and assume it's a false positive. I also tried this same process on two desktop pc's and one laptop with the same results.

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RE: New beta .29 sets off antivirus programs - 4/7/2015 5:39:08 PM

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Can't speak of the exe provided by installer, but the one I have passing all checks by AVAST/McAfee.

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RE: New beta .29 sets off antivirus programs - 4/7/2015 6:50:54 PM

tevans6220

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I didn't use the installer. I downloaded from Matrix' website. The Member section. It just seems odd that 3 different AV programs would register a false positive. Never happened to me before.

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RE: New beta .29 sets off antivirus programs - 4/8/2015 1:57:03 AM

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AV companies share recently discovered malware signatures so one tricky signature may affect multiple programs.
Please specify which file was detected as bad.

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RE: New beta .29 sets off antivirus programs - 4/10/2015 6:16:08 AM

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All 3 AV programs logged as a trojan and removed the main WarInTheWest.exe size 6.32 MB. It's probably a false positive but when 3 AV programs all say the same thing, I believe it's something worth checking. I tried on 2 desktops and 1 laptop with the same results. I'm not trying to run 3 AV programs all at once. When one registered the .exe as a virus, I uninstalled and tried another AV program. Started with Windows Defender, then Avast and then AVG. All 3 had the same result.

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RE: New beta .29 sets off antivirus programs - 4/10/2015 6:46:02 AM

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