Virus Scans and false positives...?

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ILLIEN MBAPPÉ
ill o.g.
Battle Points: 645
What it isss.

I recently did a scan on a downloaded setup.exe file, and my software reported it as a trojan.packed.38378 ...

I hear that some packed files get reported as viruses, should I be concerned by this and remove it orrr?
 

dacalion

Hands Of FIRE!
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Battle Points: 259
I've heard that Keygens can show up as threats but are usually safe. I stay away from them anyway. But I've never heard of a Keygen coming up as a trojan though, so I'd say trash it.

Edit: I just did some research and it says that it's very common for Keygens to show up as trojans with Norton. So I guess it's possible to be safe but I wouldn't do it.
 

Sucio

Old and dirty...
ill o.g.
Battle Points: 304
Well...some are definitely false positives....some are definitely trojans and some are neither.....You have to make sure your source is trusted. Make sure it's an authentic scene release and not someone that just put the teams name on there....


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