CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus

screwballl · March 7th, 2008

EDIT: This is NOT just AVG, it seems at least 4 other major free and paid anti-virus programs are reporting the same problems.

and when trying to open cpuz after this, even if you say ignore:

**drew and not u** · March 7th, 2008

Cpuz may have become infected. That's a bummer.

Stormcrow · March 7th, 2008

AVG makes me weep tears of pain. It may have blocked it from running but just not moved it to the quarantine. I'd try redownloading CPU-Z and running it with AVG disabled.

screwballl · March 7th, 2008

nope, I do not have a virus... I know that for sure... I did some checking and Avira, Kaspersky, AVG and a few others are doing the exact same thing. I bet if you got your updates within the past few days and scan the folder that has the CPUz 1.44.1 file in it, it will be caught by your anti-virus.

**drew and not u** · March 7th, 2008

You're right, just tried it. Stupid heuristics...

polobunny · March 7th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by drew and not u

You're right, just tried it. Stupid heuristics...

Better a false alert than an antivirus not picking anything up.

screwballl · March 7th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Better a false alert than an antivirus not picking anything up.

true... lets you know its working but kind of caught me off guard... just out of the blue picked it up and I had not even opened the folder or file. For now I just set that file as an exception in Avira and AVG...

Zambini · March 7th, 2008

that's odd. my cpu-z loads up fine. And I'm using AVG

Version 1.44 Feb '08

qazwsx · March 8th, 2008

yup, I just downloaded it and AVG said it straight away. I didnt even know that it scaned things straight after downloading it. It doesnt do it on my older CPUz-141.

Zambini · March 8th, 2008

it could have been infected without the makers of cpu-z knowing, in which case, would be TERRIBLE because I love and swear by cpu-z.

or it could be the way the new one functions.

March 7th, 2008	#1
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus EDIT: This is NOT just AVG, it seems at least 4 other major free and paid anti-virus programs are reporting the same problems. and when trying to open cpuz after this, even if you say ignore: Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members. Last edited by screwballl; March 7th, 2008 at 14:54.

March 7th, 2008	#2
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,939	Re: CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus Cpuz may have become infected. That's a bummer. \| E8400 @ 4.0GHz \| Zalman 9700NT \| Maximus II Formula \| 4GB OCZ Reaper HPC \| GTX260 \| Corsair HX-520 \| Antec 1200 \| NZXT Sentry LX \| RAID 0 \| Vista x64 Ultimate \| \| E7200 @ 4.0GHz \| Scythe Ninja Cu \| P5W DH Deluxe \| 2GB Ballistix \| 7600GT \| Seasonic SS-550HT \| Antec P180B \|Vista x64 ultimate \| \|Optiplex 755 \| C2D E2180 \| 4GB DDR2 \| Radeon 2400 \| \| Latitude D830 \|T7500 \| 2GB DDR2 \| NVS140 \|15.4" \| \| 20" Dell LCD \| 2x 19" Dell LCDs \| Logitech Z-2300 \| \| Dual ISP Gigabit Network \|

March 7th, 2008	#3
Stormcrow HL's Technomancer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Frozen North Posts: 1,168 Blog Entries: 1	Re: CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus AVG makes me weep tears of pain. It may have blocked it from running but just not moved it to the quarantine. I'd try redownloading CPU-Z and running it with AVG disabled.

March 7th, 2008	#4
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus nope, I do not have a virus... I know that for sure... I did some checking and Avira, Kaspersky, AVG and a few others are doing the exact same thing. I bet if you got your updates within the past few days and scan the folder that has the CPUz 1.44.1 file in it, it will be caught by your anti-virus. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

March 7th, 2008	#5
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,939	Re: CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus You're right, just tried it. Stupid heuristics... \| E8400 @ 4.0GHz \| Zalman 9700NT \| Maximus II Formula \| 4GB OCZ Reaper HPC \| GTX260 \| Corsair HX-520 \| Antec 1200 \| NZXT Sentry LX \| RAID 0 \| Vista x64 Ultimate \| \| E7200 @ 4.0GHz \| Scythe Ninja Cu \| P5W DH Deluxe \| 2GB Ballistix \| 7600GT \| Seasonic SS-550HT \| Antec P180B \|Vista x64 ultimate \| \|Optiplex 755 \| C2D E2180 \| 4GB DDR2 \| Radeon 2400 \| \| Latitude D830 \|T7500 \| 2GB DDR2 \| NVS140 \|15.4" \| \| 20" Dell LCD \| 2x 19" Dell LCDs \| Logitech Z-2300 \| \| Dual ISP Gigabit Network \|

March 7th, 2008	#8
Zambini Level 2 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 2,026 Blog Entries: 1	Re: CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus that's odd. my cpu-z loads up fine. And I'm using AVG Version 1.44 Feb '08

March 8th, 2008	#9
qazwsx With a pinch of insane! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, 127.0.0.1 Posts: 640	Re: CPUz 144 caught by AVG as a virus yup, I just downloaded it and AVG said it straight away. I didnt even know that it scaned things straight after downloading it. It doesnt do it on my older CPUz-141.

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