VIRUS detection for BOINC file (TR/Script.487343)

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San-Fernando-Valley
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15 May 2018 17:05:11 UTC
Topic 214993
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    Just curious, if this is something serious or just an overdetection:

    BOINC\ProgrammData\slots\1\boinc_task_state.xml

    contains pattern

    TR/Script.487343

    Maybe AVIRA is overacting?  Haven't ever had such a 'hit'.

    It is a trojan horse discovered Mar 2, 2018  --  and was shoved into Quarantine ...

    Maybe someone has an idea (besides ignoring/deleting it).

    I better stop editing and stop my rigs - we are expecting extreme weather right now - the whole works ...

    THANKS

    Mr Anderson
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    I'd say your anti virus tool

    15 May 2018 23:37:31 UTC
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      I'd say your anti virus tool is over reacting and it's just a false positive. Anti virus tools are often worse than the things that they intend to protect us against in my opinion. I fail to see how a generic text file can contain a virus (i.e. some piece of executable code) when it cannot know how the text file is processed.

      San-Fernando-Valley
      San-Fernando-Valley
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      ... that was also my thinking

      16 May 2018 7:16:32 UTC
      Message 165400 in response to message 165397
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        ... that was also my thinking - but one never knows ...

        I'll report it to AVIRA, just for the sake of it, and then delete it.

        THANKS

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