Problems downloading VC Setup 1.922.exe

[xtermin8r]

This has never happened before with a vc download.

[jitterjames]

There is AVAST difference between an antivirus program that sucks and one that does not suck.

[xtermin8r]

There is AVAST difference between an antivirus program that sucks and one that does not suck.

  , which one would you recommend ?

[jitterjames]

I happen to like NOD32, but my point is there will always be one over-achiever that has decided that it doesn't like something, for some mysterious heuristic reason. There is certainly nothing wrong with the file, which I uploaded myself to my private ftp server.  I appreciate the heads-up, but there is nothing I can do about it, so I'm not going to let it bother me!  I have dealt with AVAST before and I did not like it, though I don't remember the specifics.

I will be uploading another update shortly, so maybe we will see if it has the same result.

I recently used dropbox instead of my ftp server, and when I tried to download it using Chrome I got a big red flashing warning saying "This is a suspicious file because not many people has downloaded it" (I paraphrase).  Yeah, no kidding.  I just uploaded it 5 minutes ago, so not many people have downloaded it, so therefore it is a virus.  Retardulous!

[jitterjames]

Just in case it makes anyone feel any better I uploaded the file to Virus Total and generated the following report:

https://www.virustotal.com/ca/file/1b271fae43af259d683136f807ea8fd21a9f0a95c948570f0df9fad00ae53ae4/analysis/

Feel free to do the same from your end and confirm that you see the same results.

[jitterjames]

and by the way, the program includes the hook plugin dll which could possibly be why it is detecting a keylogger.  That is exactly what the hook plugin does, except it is done for your benefit, not in order to send me your credit card info... 

[xtermin8r]

I happen to like NOD32, but my point is there will always be one over-achiever that has decided that it doesn't like something, for some mysterious heuristic reason. There is certainly nothing wrong with the file, which I uploaded myself to my private ftp server.  I appreciate the heads-up, but there is nothing I can do about it, so I'm not going to let it bother me!  I have dealt with AVAST before and I did not like it, though I don't remember the specifics.

I will be uploading another update shortly, so maybe we will see if it has the same result.

I recently used dropbox instead of my ftp server, and when I tried to download it using Chrome I got a big red flashing warning saying "This is a suspicious file because not many people has downloaded it" (I paraphrase).  Yeah, no kidding.  I just uploaded it 5 minutes ago, so not many people have downloaded it, so therefore it is a virus.  Retardulous!

I agree with you James, I am 100% certain that avast is "seeing" it incorrectly. It's happened to me  on a few occasions when I am building a program, avast sees it as a threat and deletes it.
Not to worry.

I'll wait for the update, thanks.  

[xtermin8r]

just tried downloading vc 1.931 result was the same, avast is seeing it as a threat, so i disabled avast for 10 minutes, downloaded the setup file, installed vc 1.931, scanned it with Avast and NO THREAT FOUND.

like you said James "there is Avast difference" here.
Thanks.

[jitterjames]

I think it might be because the voxcommando.com url was somehow flagged (the whole site) by bitdefender (and only by bitdefender).  I have submitted a request that they review the site and hopefully they will revoke the bogus status.  If not, what can I do? It is their problem not mine.  I have seen others with the same problem where only bitdefender is throwing a false positive for some unknown reason.  I have been assured by bitdefender that our site will be reviewed within 72 hours.  We shall see.

As a test, you could try to upload a small .exe of your own to the forum.  I am sure that it will throw the same warning if you try to download it with AVAST enabled.

[xtermin8r]

I scanned the setup exe and here is the result from avast. Looks like it only appears to be a threat when downloading ONLY.

[jitterjames]

After much whining to bitdefender they finally rescanned and un-flagged our site (for now):

https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/f8f0992ad9ca47672c9fae4fa716a04be807693cbc477caf1611f5ea40d0b382/analysis/1402410859/