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AVG reports that the files are infected with BackDoor.Generic8.JOL however I can't find any information on this particular virus/trojan. I believe it is a "generic" in that AVG doesn't know exactly what it is, but it matches some sort of criteria that AVG applies to detect such things. So it's not like AVG is actually able to peg down what it is.

I've scanned the file with a number of online scanners and it passed all.

http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
http://us.mcafee.com/root/runapplication.asp?appid=73
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

I'm convinced it's a false positive.

Cheers,

<blockquote data-quote="and-81" data-source="post: 184562" data-attributes="member: 11844">AVG reports that the files are infected with BackDoor.Generic8.JOL however I can't find any information on this particular virus/trojan.&nbsp; I believe it is a &quot;generic&quot; in that AVG doesn't know exactly what it is, but it matches some sort of criteria that AVG applies to detect such things.&nbsp; So it's not like AVG is actually able to peg down what it is.I've scanned the file with a number of online scanners and it passed all.<a href="http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus" target="_blank">http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus</a><a href="http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml" target="_blank">http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml</a><a href="http://us.mcafee.com/root/runapplication.asp?appid=73" target="_blank">http://us.mcafee.com/root/runapplication.asp?appid=73</a><a href="http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&amp;venid=sym" target="_blank">http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&amp;venid=sym</a>I'm convinced it's a false positive.Cheers,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="and-81, post: 184562, member: 11844"] AVG reports that the files are infected with BackDoor.Generic8.JOL however I can't find any information on this particular virus/trojan. I believe it is a "generic" in that AVG doesn't know exactly what it is, but it matches some sort of criteria that AVG applies to detect such things. So it's not like AVG is actually able to peg down what it is. I've scanned the file with a number of online scanners and it passed all. [url]http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus[/url] [url]http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml[/url] [url]http://us.mcafee.com/root/runapplication.asp?appid=73[/url] [url]http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym[/url] I'm convinced it's a false positive. Cheers, [/QUOTE]