Windvd False Positive?

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  1. Jules Blue

    Jules Blue Registered Member

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    Before I report this. Is "windvd.exe" known to be a false positive?

    I am a new user, and on the learning scan for my Sony Vaio, it indentified windvd.exe as a backdoor trojan, so I have allowed PREVX to quarantine it.

    Very impressed with PREVX so far.
     
  2. Jules Blue

    Jules Blue Registered Member

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    The reason I ask is that there seem to be conflicting messages:-

    PREVX site says:-

    http://www.prevx.com/filenames/X2468619198377826078-X1/WINDVD.EXE.html

    but other sites suggest otherwise:-

    http://www.fbmsoftware.com/spyware-net/process/WinDVD_exe/1779/

    http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=49642.0 suggest that hashes may be an issue.

    http://www.securitystronghold.com/gates/win32.trojan.pakes.html

    Quote from the above site:-

     
  3. PrevxHelp

    PrevxHelp Former Prevx Moderator

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    Hello :)
    If you could please send a scan log by clicking Tools > Save Scan Results and send it to report@prevxresearch.com, we'll be able to analyze the exact WinDVD.exe file which you have (as some are malicious but some are clean so it's hard to say which one you have without the log).

    Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions!
     
  4. Jules Blue

    Jules Blue Registered Member

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    Done!

    I have e-mailed the following:-

    [BP] c:\program files\intervideo\dvdbd8\windvd.exe [PX5: 77484B84102001F1F5D21F24201AB60004FB54BB] Malware Group: High Risk System Back Door
     
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    PrevxHelp Former Prevx Moderator

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    Thank you :) We've corrected the FP :)
     
  6. Jules Blue

    Jules Blue Registered Member

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    That's great. I recover the file from cleanup then, and scan again.
     
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