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IS THIS A VIRUS???

2007-07-11
2012-11-13
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    I've downloaded Notepad++ and it is one of the best programs that i've ever seen. It has preformed reliabaely and competetivly compered to programs that usually I would expect to pay for. BUT on a scan with AVG a warning message pops up telling me that Notepad++.exe is a Trojan horse Generic5.HLS - A computer virus. Now I'm noty trying to say dont download it - its one of the best programs I've ever seen, but be careful.

     
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Download the latest updates for AVG, this issue has been resolved.

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      It's doing that to me too!
      I think AVG must be detecting a false positive, going to see if i can email them

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      ive had notepad++ installed for for a while now and avg must of corrupted something, ive tried to do an uninstall/reinstall of notepad++, running from zip, and disabling avg.  no luck

      i did just find a work around
      delete program files\notepad++\notepad++.exe
      download the 4.1.1 zip file
      extract
      copy the notepad++.exe from 4.1.1
      paste in program files\notepad++\notepad++.exe

      also, whats up with nppcm.dll?
      cant delete it, but can rename it
      regsrv32 /u nppcm.dll does nothing
      havent tried my hardest(ie rebooting, safe mode, and stuff like that)

      hope this helps
      lurk

       
    • Ryan Liebenberg

      Ryan Liebenberg - 2007-07-11

      I was able to uninstall NotePad++ 4.1.2 and install 4.1.1 My scan with AVG 7.5 pro came up clean on the 4.1.1 binary. So yes it may be.

      In order to uninstall I told AVG to repair my file, not sure if that will help. YMMV lurk.

      -Ryan

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      This is what I found on notepad++ website:

      "False virus detections : if your anti-virus detects the uninstaller of the Notepad++ is infected, don't panic! It's a false virus detection. It's because some anti-virus products incorrectly detect certain NSIS components, which is used by Notepad++ to build installer, as being a virus."

      I'm having the same problem. Does anybody knows how to solve this???