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[Bluesman57]

I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this issue.

I downloaded Hiren's BootCd zip file from http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ and unzipped it, as always I ran AVG and Ad-Aware against the files. AVG came up clean, Ad-Aware reported a file as a virus. The FAQ on Hirens web site says "The files downloaded from our website are NOT edited, they are the original files. The most common files we are getting reports are "HBCDMenu.exe, HBCDCustomizer.exe, R-Kill.com, konboot.gz". Please note, they do NOT contain a virus. If you are getting a virus warning, that is a false positive. Please report the file as a false positive via your antivirus software. During that time you should disable your antivirus or add the related file to your antivirus software's exceptions list for a problem free use."

Hopefully someone from Lavasoft will see this and respond.

[LS Andy]

Hi Bluesman57,

Thanks for letting us know about this. It would be very helpful if you could upload the detected files to this foorm so I can check them out for you. Can I ask you to read the guide below? It explain what I need to be able to investigate the FP report:

http://www.lavasofts...alse-positives/

Thanks!

Regards,

Andy
Lavasoft Malware Labs

[Bluesman57]

Hi

The files have been zipped and uploaded as requested.

The web site source of the file is - http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Thanks
 Files for lavasoft.zip   74.65K   1 downloads

[LS Andy]

Hi Bluesman57,

Thanks for the upload. This is a false positive and will be removed from detection as of an update to be released today.

Andy

[Bluesman57]

Thats good to know. Thanks