avira false positive

Post by **nikos** » 2010 Feb 13, 06:42

someone wrote to me and said (without any details)

Avira Internet Security is blocking access to your website with it's web guard

does anybody use this security product and is it indeed blocking zabkat.com?

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 2010 Feb 13, 08:16

I don't use Avira Internet Security but I do use their anti-virus software and it has often come up with false positives for x². It wouldn't surprise me if it tried to block zabkat.com because it associated it with x².

Post by **nikos** » 2010 Feb 13, 09:38

does it still block x2? (your version i mean)

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 2010 Feb 13, 13:11

There have been no false positives since before beta 1.7.2.19, as far as I remember.
What seems to happen is that they do an update to their detection rules, which often lasts for several days worth of updates, and then it clears and no more problems are reported for some time. When I check by sending x² to VirusTotal, Avira (and sometimes some other virus programs) detect a virus, but the majority are clear.
I have had false positives with other programs, but for some reason x² does seem more prone to them.