Eldorado virus detected in setup

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Eldorado virus detected in setup

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Post by Pernick » Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:20 pm

My past 2 attempts to update epg123 have been flagged by the detection of the eldorado virus.

Infected object:
epg123transfer.exe

Infection name:
W32/MSIL_Agent.BVM.gen!Eldorado

Why is this in the epg123 program? Why should I disable my antivirus simply to update epg123?

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Post by d00zah » Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:46 pm

Probably worth reporting a false-positive to your AV vendor? Looks to be the sole outlier.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6ea ... /detection

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Post by IT Troll » Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:47 pm

Pernick wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:20 pm Why should I disable my antivirus simply to update epg123?
Is it Adaware that you are using? Doesn't get great reviews.
Are you a Recorded TV HD user or want to give it a try? Check out the new community-made update; Recorded TV HD v2.1.1

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Post by d00zah » Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:00 pm

VirusTotal says Cyren... an Israeli IT security company I am unfamiliar w/. I see no need to distrust... but FPs happen.

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Post by IT Troll » Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:07 pm

Ah yes, I misread the report. Adaware was the next column along.

Cyren used to make F-Prot, but that is discontinued.
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Post by garyan2 » Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:44 pm

I think the bottom line here is that it is a false positive. It has been a while since I've heard epg123 getting these, so it looks like paying the money to sign the binaries has worked for the cursed "reputation" ones.
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