Help-keep getting a threat detected warning

hubb · 6 December 2013 at 4:09PM

I have Avast which has been running a couple of years. Just the last few minutes I have had frequent "threat has been detected" messages for a blocked Win32:Fareit-LM [Trj]. As the antivirus keeps flagging it as a new threat I fear it is quite serious.

Can someone please advise on what I should do as it seems persistent.

Thanks.

AlexPede · 6 December 2013 at 4:18PM

Same problem here, also with Avast. Just started 20 min ago, gotten at least 5 warnings. It lists something about GoogleUpdate.exe being responsible? Will keep looking at this thread for any explanation anyone might have.

hubb · 6 December 2013 at 4:22PM

Are you getting them frequently like me ?

bod1467 · 6 December 2013 at 4:24PM

Did Avast definitions update today? It might be a false-positive, which is nothing new.

hubb · 6 December 2013 at 4:56PM

Avast is always updating. In fact, i am sure it slows my pc down as I cant open chrome or windows live mail for a few mins after booting up and this is a new pc this year.

JJ_Egan · 7 December 2013 at 12:21PM

I would run a web based AV scanner to double check
Or use Avast forums if they have such .

hubb · 7 December 2013 at 12:45PM

It seems to have stopped since I re-booted my computer after a couple of hours. So far nothing has flagged up today either. Perhaps like was said above, it was in need of updating.

waddler_8 · 7 December 2013 at 2:27PM

It is a false positive: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=142031.0

Help-keep getting a threat detected warning

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