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Popcon recognized as virus
rudy


Joined: 12 May 2010
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Hello,

On my system ClamWin recognized as file from Popcon Exchange POP3 connector (https://www.christensen-software.de/popcon.htm) as a virus

C:\Programme\POPcon\AV\una\scankrnl.xdll: Sentinel.5 FOUND

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------

Known viruses: 771491
Engine version: 0.96
Scanned directories: 7411
Scanned files: 42140
Infected files: 1

I don't think (hope) this is correct.

Thank you for your help
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GuitarBob


Joined: 09 Jul 2006
Posts: 9
Location: USA
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Can you look at the Proterties of the file and see when it was installed/modified? If there has been no recent change, it is probably a false positive. Upload the file to VirusTotal at https://www.virustotal.com/ on the web to see how many antivirus programs find it infected. If only a few do, then it is likely a false positive. If several other AVs besides Clam find it infected, you can probably believe it. I like to see at least 5 AVs confirm an infection. I also like to see a couple of these AVs included among the detectors: Avast, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Nod32, or Sophos.

If it is a false positive, upload it to Clam AV starting at https://www.clamav.net/lang/en/sendvirus/ on the web. Choose the False Positive description, and tell them the exact name of the falsely detected virus in the comments/description section. They will correct the signature, and ClamWin users will benefit.

Regards,
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