Avast! Antivirus reporting EAB scripts as malware!

prowler · 11 April 2011, 21:40

Hi All,

My Avast! Antivirus real-time shields are blocking malware EAB scripts this evening.

The mobile site is unaffected.

I have now disabled Avast!'s real-time shields to connect to the main site after seeing other recent posts.

Is any other user having this or a similar problem, please?

TCD · 11 April 2011, 21:46

for Avast's false positives

Avira showing nothing here, let's wait for further reports

prowler · 11 April 2011, 21:57

Hey, thanks for your reassurance, mate!

It must be something to do with the latest updates that were automatically installed as soon as I booted up.

I suspected false positives after browsing the mobile site for a while and seeing plenty of activity.

I'll report back again if further updates rectify the problem!

Mad-Matt · 11 April 2011, 22:05

Avast and AVG have been a nucence in the last year or so with fals positives. I changed to the free Security Essentials from MS and not looked back.

Retro-Nerd · 11 April 2011, 22:08

MS Security Essentials works pretty good, but it detected here yesterday a simple CRC checker as a Trojan.

TCD · 11 April 2011, 22:10

@Matty and Retro
Just to make sure : No complains about EAB at your end?

Retro-Nerd · 11 April 2011, 22:11

Yep, no false alarm here.

prowler · 11 April 2011, 22:12

I've had trouble too with AVG in the past. I've been running Avast! since last November and it's been trouble-free until this evening...

If they don't fix it soon, I'll replace it with something else.

s2325 · 11 April 2011, 22:26

You can also choose free Symantec Endpoint Protection.

Mr B · 11 April 2011, 23:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad-Matt

Avast and AVG have been a nucence in the last year or so with fals positives. I changed to the free Security Essentials from MS and not looked back.

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

I've had trouble too with AVG in the past. I've been running Avast! since last November and it's been trouble-free until this evening...

I keep running in to false positives when i download , and game cracks... No, wait, i mean, other peoples vacation trip pictures, and videos, and PD games for the PC.
But so far AVG hasn't said beep about EAB. (On the other hand i've been "back" to EAB for what, a month?)

Actually, the last 3-4 years or so i've been on AVG without issues. Lucky draw?
B!

prowler · 12 April 2011, 01:24

Latest updates were automatically installed a short while ago.

Logged out, activated real-time shields, logged back in again and I'm now browsing EAB without malware warnings!

Avast! has earned a reprieve for the time being.

mai · 12 April 2011, 18:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

Hi All,

My Avast! Antivirus real-time shields are blocking malware EAB scripts this evening.

The mobile site is unaffected.

I have now disabled Avast!'s real-time shields to connect to the main site after seeing other recent posts.

Is any other user having this or a similar problem, please?

I had the same problem abruptly yesterday.
Could not connect to several other pages too(Tosec.dev for example) , without warning.
I have got real panik

, so i decided to deinstall Avast and installed different AV program and all seems to be fine.

Bloodwych · 12 April 2011, 19:48

Avast is a great antivirus, free, fast updates, low CPU and resource usage. Really fast scanning speeds, with the persistent cache...

...but I only use the antivirus part of it and real time shield, not the web shield or any other shield. Never needed these shields in the past, when an antivirus was just an antivirus. I've had issues with the web shield before, and the behavioural shield. Now they've tacked on a sandbox - getting a little too much.

I've found a pure antivirus combined with a free HIPS like Comodo Firewall or Online Armour work very well and keeps security solutions from getting a bit OTT.

prowler · 12 April 2011, 23:21

I had to delete over a thousand scripts from my documents folder after I logged out last night. They were reported as infected when I scanned my hard drive last night.

Oddly, the pages I had saved before installation of the update which caused the false alarms were not affected, and neither were those I saved after installation of the update which cured the problem.

The inescapeable conclusion is that those scripts were infected by the Avast! program itself!

Fortunately, the missing scripts do not impair offline browsing of those saved webpages.

11 April 2011, 21:40	#1
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Avast! Antivirus reporting EAB scripts as malware! Hi All, My Avast! Antivirus real-time shields are blocking malware EAB scripts this evening. The mobile site is unaffected. I have now disabled Avast!'s real-time shields to connect to the main site after seeing other recent posts. Is any other user having this or a similar problem, please?

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11 April 2011, 21:46	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	for Avast's false positives Avira showing nothing here, let's wait for further reports

11 April 2011, 21:57	#3
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Hey, thanks for your reassurance, mate! It must be something to do with the latest updates that were automatically installed as soon as I booted up. I suspected false positives after browsing the mobile site for a while and seeing plenty of activity. I'll report back again if further updates rectify the problem!

11 April 2011, 22:05	#4
Mad-Matt Longplayer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lincoln / UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,846	Avast and AVG have been a nucence in the last year or so with fals positives. I changed to the free Security Essentials from MS and not looked back.

11 April 2011, 22:08	#5
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	MS Security Essentials works pretty good, but it detected here yesterday a simple CRC checker as a Trojan.

11 April 2011, 22:10	#6
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	@Matty and Retro Just to make sure : No complains about EAB at your end?

11 April 2011, 22:11	#7
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	Yep, no false alarm here.

11 April 2011, 22:12	#8
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	I've had trouble too with AVG in the past. I've been running Avast! since last November and it's been trouble-free until this evening... If they don't fix it soon, I'll replace it with something else.

11 April 2011, 22:26	#9
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	You can also choose free Symantec Endpoint Protection.

12 April 2011, 01:24	#11
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Latest updates were automatically installed a short while ago. Logged out, activated real-time shields, logged back in again and I'm now browsing EAB without malware warnings! Avast! has earned a reprieve for the time being.

12 April 2011, 19:48	#13
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Avast is a great antivirus, free, fast updates, low CPU and resource usage. Really fast scanning speeds, with the persistent cache... ...but I only use the antivirus part of it and real time shield, not the web shield or any other shield. Never needed these shields in the past, when an antivirus was just an antivirus. I've had issues with the web shield before, and the behavioural shield. Now they've tacked on a sandbox - getting a little too much. I've found a pure antivirus combined with a free HIPS like Comodo Firewall or Online Armour work very well and keeps security solutions from getting a bit OTT.

12 April 2011, 23:21	#14
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	I had to delete over a thousand scripts from my documents folder after I logged out last night. They were reported as infected when I scanned my hard drive last night. Oddly, the pages I had saved before installation of the update which caused the false alarms were not affected, and neither were those I saved after installation of the update which cured the problem. The inescapeable conclusion is that those scripts were infected by the Avast! program itself! Fortunately, the missing scripts do not impair offline browsing of those saved webpages.

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