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Mal/Packer query

RogueViper

Just want to ask your advice on something that was detected on a few desktops. The particular file in question is - C:\Program Files\Theorica Divx ;-) Codecs\AviSpeedInfo.exe being detected as Mal/Packer.

This piece of software was installed a few years ago on a select few developer machines (before my time); but was flagged up on two desktops last week and another one this week.

Any idea why Sophos would suddenly detect it as a virus after all these years? It has been cleaned by Sophos so I can't upload it for analysis. 

Thanks,

Mike

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    Hello Mike,

    quite a number of detections are generic in nature and are from time to time updated (both for detection and performance improvements). Sometimes the result is a few false positives/suspects (usually it hits "old" files - this can be caused by either more aggressive detection or removal of "exonerating" rules).
    Check.the analysis for the detection and note the updated date.

    Well, a sample would help ... Don't you have backups? ;-)

    Christian
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    Hello Mike,

    quite a number of detections are generic in nature and are from time to time updated (both for detection and performance improvements). Sometimes the result is a few false positives/suspects (usually it hits "old" files - this can be caused by either more aggressive detection or removal of "exonerating" rules).
    Check.the analysis for the detection and note the updated date.

    Well, a sample would help ... Don't you have backups? ;-)

    Christian
    :25609
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