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    Trojan / Dropper.Gen2 in Intel drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Kernelius, Mar 24, 2011.

  1. Kernelius

    Kernelius Newbie

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    After having some problems with my new L502x's HDMI port, I decided to format the hard drive and proceed with a fresh install, downloading the drivers I want directly from Dell's site.

    What is my surprise when I finish installing the drivers and I move on with the Applications. The free version of Avira Antivirus detected the trojan Dropper.Gen2 in a weird folder: Intel Bluetooth's!

    I am attaching a screenshot so you can run a scan on that folder and find out if I am the unlucky one, or maybe it's just a false alarm. I decided to "Ignore" the 4 assumpted detected trojans, but I will move them into quarantine if you find no viruses in that folder.

    Cheers!
     

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    Kernelius, Mar 24, 2011
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  2. leerage

    leerage Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you downloaded the drivers directly from Dell's site... it is a false alarm.
     
    leerage, Mar 24, 2011
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  3. error-id10t

    error-id10t Notebook Consultant

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    Personally, I would remove all of those and make sure the scan shows up clean. Then either download them again from Dell or the manufacturer (whichever has latest version).
     
    error-id10t, Mar 24, 2011
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  4. thatdaveguy

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    Avira is notorious for false positives.
     
    thatdaveguy, Mar 24, 2011
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    workxpswork Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got the same for the intel bluetooth drivers using AVG... didn't even do a fresh install yet, it was just the first avg scan I ran. Then on the 2nd I was up to 15 trojans :/
     
    workxpswork, Mar 24, 2011
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  6. SAiLO

    SAiLO Notebook Evangelist

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    Probably fake positive.
     
    SAiLO, Mar 25, 2011
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    workxpswork Notebook Enthusiast

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    After a second clean install, in which I downloaded AVG before anything else after installing the drivers from the driver disk, and getting the same virus notification, I do believe this one is a false positive. But it's definitely freaking AVG out... going to switch to microsoft security essentials until they update the virus db or I find out anything more about this one.
     
    workxpswork, Mar 25, 2011
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  8. DakkonA

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    MSSE is pretty good. Just set the weekly scan to "Full" rather than "Quick". Quick scan can miss some Java-related viruses.
     
    DakkonA, Mar 26, 2011
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    I have the same issue, I have disabled resident shield in AVG for the time being and I emailed the files in question to [email protected] in the hope they resolve this soon.
     
    kgh00007, Apr 28, 2011
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    Naveen_Reloaded, Apr 29, 2011
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