Win32/Heur virus warning in AVG for DivX Connected
Since a week ago, AVG has been saying that there's two virus threats within the DivX Connected folders, both Win32/Heur. They're in the following locations:
DivX Connected\Resource\Updates\0000001
DivX Connected\Resource\Updates\0000001:\$JF\Bin\DivXConnected\daac.ax
False alarm?
| Attachment | Size |
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| connected-virus-warning.png | 200.69 KB |
I very much doubt that the updates have any virus in them but, a while ago I got the win32/huer message from AVG and i had a virus called win32/nitro. The "Huer" bit means it is an heuristic virus and AVG couldn't even find out which virus it actually was.
I installed the free avast antivirus and it turned out to be win21/vitro.
It detects running .exe files on your computer and injects malicious code into them, not just apps but critical windows files, resulting in meltdown.
I managed to save all my photos and music but everything else has been wiped !!
What a waste of time and effort, I spent 4 days trying to rid my PC of this virus before conceeding defeat and starting over !!
If you ever pick this up I would just bite the bullet and rebuild right away !!
DivX Connected comes up clean with all of the latest AV s/w. If you scan with AVG 8.5.0.283 or later, it will show OK.
The heuristic type of checking comes up with false positives on older versions of AVG.