False positive - Nero Autobackup?

I've just installed Nero Multimedia Suite 10 on Win7 64-bit PC (from manufacturer's CD ROM).

Soon after NOD32 v.5 quarantined one of its files cliaming that it was "a variant of Win32/InstallCore.AC potentially unwanted application".

Seems pretty unlikely to me. Anyone else got this? This software has been around a while and from a respected publisher.

 

It is not a threat but a potentially unwanted application which is an optional detection and it's fully up to the user whether they want to detect them or not. It's also possible to exclude a concrete potentially unwanted application from scanning directly from the yellow notification window in advanced options.

 

Also, if you want to detect keep PUA detection active but you're sure Nero is safe and you don't feel the need to scan its files, you can exclude them from the real-time scanner. The steps on how to do this are in the link below:

How do I exclude certain files or folders from Real-time scanning? (5.x)

 

Hello,

Just to add to Marcos' and DWomack's replies, if you would like more information about what PUAs are, please see the following white paper: Problematic, Unloved and Argumentative: What is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) [PDF]

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky