NOD32 AV......Virus warnings

mcdermotx · 22 May 2008 at 11:50

Lads,
turned on computer today and was immediately assaulted with virus warnings across various game exe files (also the likes of Luna, Mermaid Nvidia exe etc)..
Files such as bf2.exe, vice city.exe..........a manual scan of the system flagged the files as well..
Seeing as how the only change I made to the system was the latest Setpoint software, I restored to a backup I made yesterday morning..

However, the virus warnings returned again picking up the above.......had a feeling that something has gone screwy with the NOD detection definitions, and it looks as though other people have seen it today
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=210117

Has anybody else seen it today ?
Cheers

edit: forum over at wildersecurity has gone bananas with people reporting multiple false positives..
Have always been happy with NOD coverage, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, but I hope they release a fix soon..

Ethics · 22 May 2008 at 11:54

Are you using Heuristics or is it relying on the updates?

I would run a stand alone antivirus from a CD or something (obviously not NOD32 portable with the same definitions...) see if it picks up the same errors.

Something could have infected them.

I stopped using NOD32 a few days ago, seems to be makign my machine unstable at the moment

Cob · 22 May 2008 at 11:56

Probably a dodgy update. They'll sort it out in a bit.

It happens.

mcdermotx · 22 May 2008 at 12:00

Yeah,
certainly seems to be a update issue.....
........or the biggest virus attack ever !!

Lot of people are recommending deleting the flagged files and restore them from quarantine whenever ESET fix the issue..

Update :
Marcos
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Default Re: Nod32 detects all .exe files from any games as a potential viruses
We're on the ball, the problem is being investigated and should be resolved shortly with a newer engine update. If some files have been mistakenly quarantined, you can restore them manually.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

.Griff. · 22 May 2008 at 12:47

I'm having the same problem with Eset Smart Security. Glad it's not only me..

Deluxe1 · 22 May 2008 at 13:15

Try doing a manual update that should fix the problem.

AbsenceJam · 22 May 2008 at 13:16

Seems to be fixed in the most recent signature database, presumably heuristics getting a bit paranoid.

Bony Maloney · 22 May 2008 at 14:23

I had this earlier today. It seems to be OK now.

FatRakoon · 22 May 2008 at 18:53

I use NOD32 on my main PC, and Normally AVG on the LAN PCs but they are now moving to AVAST.

I have not had this issue myself thankfully, Im on XP64 but am currently trying Vista64 ( yet again ) so, I might have simply by-passed that update altogether perhaps?

I will add however, that NOD32 has taken a few files in the past as Infected...

I had one issue, where O&O DeFrag would be taken as infected by NOD32 on a fresh install... In other words, I had to make sure NOD32 was fully up to date before trying to install O&O DeFrag... Yes, I know ist a pathetic issue, but still annoying.

NorthstaNder · 22 May 2008 at 23:25

weird...my nod32 has been fine!

mind you...my internet went cans up last night so i may have missed the dodgy update and just got a decent one today.

bledd · 23 May 2008 at 00:52

mine was fine all day in work, and i've got the server to check every 20 mins, it's the BE mind, but i reckon they get the same updates...

AbsenceJam · 23 May 2008 at 02:04

FatRakoon said:
I use NOD32 on my main PC, and Normally AVG on the LAN PCs but they are now moving to AVAST.

I have not had this issue myself thankfully, Im on XP64 but am currently trying Vista64 ( yet again ) so, I might have simply by-passed that update altogether perhaps?

I will add however, that NOD32 has taken a few files in the past as Infected...

I had one issue, where O&O DeFrag would be taken as infected by NOD32 on a fresh install... In other words, I had to make sure NOD32 was fully up to date before trying to install O&O DeFrag... Yes, I know ist a pathetic issue, but still annoying.

I'd rather have a couple of false positives that can be excluded then less actual threats detected with something like Avast.

FatRakoon · 23 May 2008 at 03:17

AbsenceJam said:
I'd rather have a couple of false positives that can be excluded then less actual threats detected with something like Avast.

So, are you saying that Avast is no good?

Personally Id go with NOD every time, however, in the spirit of tryign to be legal, I have only actually paid for NOD32 for the ONE PC... My main one.

The Rest of the PCs are all running a free A/V. AVG but moving to AVAST as I was under the impression that AVAST is among the best at this time... Now you are saying it is not?

Or am I confused?

Just for clarification, I will not be moving off NOD32 on my main RIG. I dont give a stuff what negatives people might have of NOD32, I have a DVD that is full of infected files, there is 16489 different viruses on that disk ( I know, I built up the disk over the years ) and NOD is the only A/V that seems them all... Avast sees 13K of them, AVG sees 12K of them, NORTON sees 6K of them and Kasperky sees 13K... I have tried a number of other A/Vs but cant be arsed entering the exact numbers, those are OTTOMH but are acurate-ish.

Not only is the detection the best I have seen, the speed is also good too...

There is only one issue I can sometimes have with NOD32 however... I have to add this, is that sometimes when I am copying files from X to Y, NOD can take yonks to check the files, practically crippling the Copy process.

Small price to pay Id say for the best AV bar none.

markyb · 23 May 2008 at 08:15

bledd. said:
mine was fine all day in work, and i've got the server to check every 20 mins, it's the BE mind, but i reckon they get the same updates...

Same here. No problems at work at all yesterdaty. Thats almost 15 client machine and a server which checks every 20 mins.