Hot on the heels of AVG detecting user32.dll (a core Windows component) as Trojan Horse PSW.Banker4.APSA, AVG slaps Trojan label on Adobe Flash.
I stopped including AVG when listing "free for personal use antivirus software" in March when Grisoft added the "Security Toolbar". The list is growing on why I continue to leave AVG off the list:
- Pre-checked Yahoo Search bar disguised as a "Security Toolbar"
- Linkscanner causing web traffic spikes (disguised as IE6)
- Zone Alarm false/positive
- user32.dll (a core Windows component) as Trojan Horse PSW.Banker4.APSA
- Adobe Flash as malicious
Granted, false/positives occur but after the crippling false detection of user32.dll I would have expected closer scrutiny. It certainly makes it appear that Grisoft doesn't test their updates on even a basic setup.
For the F/P of user32.dll, see the following entries on the AVG FAQ page:
1574: AVG 8.0 - False positive "user32.dll" (DB: 270.9.0/1777)
1575: AVG 8.0 - False positive "user32.dll" - fix tool
By the way, the following antivirus software programs are free for personal use.
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