what the hell with avast??

[Blue_Tires]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091202191236AA96njt

now a couple of my programs won't run properly??

[Blue_Tires]

1. nevermind; found solution

http://support.avast.com/index.php?languageid=1&group=eng&_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=376

[pokerfan]

2. It's a new problem

Czech Republic-based Avast issued an update late on Wednesday to its antivirus software that mistakenly flagged hundreds of innocent files as a Trojan. It fixed the situation five and a half hours later.

Falsely labeled as malware were programs from Adobe, Realtek, sound card drivers, and various media players, among others, according to a blog post on the Avast Support Center.

The errant update had been issued around 12:15 a.m. GMT. A new update was issued at 5:50 a.m. GMT that corrected the problem. Customers who did not use their computers between that time will most likely not be impacted, the company said.

The software was identifying the good files as the Win32:Delf-MZG Trojan, according to Avast.

Avast, based in Prague, did not respond to an e-mail late on Wednesday seeking comment.

False positives happen in the industry. In July, Computer Associates' antivirus software was falsely tagging a Windows XP system file as a virus, and last year AVG falsely identified a file from security provider ZoneAlarm as a virus.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10408645-83.html

[quakerboy]

3. I had that happen last night

Fortunately for me, the only files on my comp that it didn't like were MS Works. So deleting them did no harm. Not even inclined to go see if the program still works, since that would probably involve registering it with first use or something similar.