Re: [Clamwin-users] MUIRCT.EXE reported as a trojan

[Steve F. <mar...@gm...>]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 05:54:54PM +1000, Sisyphus uttered:
> Hi,
> I'm getting trojan reports from clamwin (Engine version: 0.95.3) for:
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Bin\MUIRCT.EXE: 
> Trojan.FakeAV-1388 FOUND
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Bin\x64\MUIRCT.EXE: 
> Trojan.FakeAV-1388 FOUND
> 
> This has only started in the last fortnight, though I think the files have 
> been on my PC (Vista Business 64) since 5.21 pm, 16 Jan 2008. At least 
> that's the *reported* creation time of those 2 files, and of many of the 
> other files in the same directory.
> 
> This will simply be a case of "false positive" ....... right ?

Did you do a Google search on this to determine if it is a "false
Positive"? That's where I'd start -- many of the anti-virus vendors
should have reports on their sites. Also check the clamwin forums for
additional information. All of those sources are better than asking here
for such specific questions; especially non-related to Debian.