qwert Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Developers!!! ... be aware that the latest version of AVG 9.0 Anti-virus software has default settings that DELETE compiled AutoIt scripts without any notice to the owner of the computer. They are tagged as "Infection ... Virus Identified Packed.AutoIt". This is a HUGE boundary violation on AVG's part. They have no right to remove pieces of software from a user's machine ON THE SUSPICION that it's malware. AVG deleted seven critical scripts from my database application -- and found them on the application's archival directory and deleted them from there, as well. After determining the cause, I was able to restore them from their Virus Vault, but that's not something to require an end user to do. If anyone has a suggestion of a way to get this resolved once and for all, please post. In the mean time, advise your users NOT TO USE AVG PRODUCTS. AVG is causing end user applications to malfunction, and as I recall, that's one of the definitions of a virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czardas Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 That's prety bad. I have a question regarding this: Is there a more secure way to protect your exes from such deletion (as a backup)? Does anyone know? Perhaps 7zip or some other kind of compression. operator64 ArrayWorkshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 8, 2010 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2010 qwert,A bit over-dramatic, if I may say so. I use AVG 9 and I have set the defaults correctly to avoid this problem. Open the GUI and click on the "Resident Shield" icon. Then select the "Ask me before removing threats" radio rather than the "Remove all threats automatically" radio. Voila, problem solved! And I have always found AVG most helpful in removing AutoIt very rapidly from their blacklist when they do (rarely) flag it as malware.M23P.S. No, I do not work for AVG, although I do have a good relationship with them as I have helped them debug a couple of problems in the past. Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valik Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Yawn. Nothing new to see here. Click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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