[RC5] AVG detects dnet.exe as a trojan and deletes it

[Kevin McCoy]

Maybe my letter to them got through and they have turned over a new 
leaf.  "All is forgiven, DNET guys. It was all a big mistake!"... 
Probably not. ;-)

I'll try running dnet again and see if it gets munched. I'll make note 
of the version we are running too and maybe do some screen shots so you 
don't question my sanity :-)

Kevin

Ed Wensell III wrote:
> Well, I have to say this is very odd...
>
> I install dnetc as service. x86/Installer (v2.9013.498 2006-11-26). One
> system has it in "Program Files\distributed.net", the other in c:\dnetc.
> Latest version of AVG Free Edition, although mine is a 6 month old install
> which has been self-updating since, as opposed to a recent fresh install.
> Default out-of-the-box configuration. No exceptions configured.
>
> For fun I downloaded the latest zip (v2.9013.499 2007-07-05) and unzipped
> to a test directory. AVG did not flinch when it scanned the directory, nor
> when I ran the executable. Didn't complain when I pointed it at my "live"
> dnetc directory. My clients are ticking right along with AVG.
>
> Maybe I'm just lucky.
>
> --- Kevin McCoy <kgmccoy at idk-inc.com> wrote:
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>     Ed,
>
> My users downloaded and installed the latest free version about a weekago,
> and they both exhibit the same behavior. I think the AVGheuristics see the
> dnetc service process  running and then go out anddelete/kill it. The AVG
> logs show that dnetc.exe was removed since itis (they claim) a trojan.
>
> It might leave dnetc alone if you are not running it as a service - Idon't
> know. Maybe that is why it hasn't munched your client(s)? 
>
>
>
> --
> Ed Wensell III
>
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