Storm Codec detected as threat by AVG 8

• deathscythe99

  9 Nov 08, 11:29

  Ever since the latest virus definition update by AVG, it has detected my Storm Codec media player as being a Trojan Horse Downloader.Generic8.CIR. Which means I can effectively forget abt watching my movies/videos since all are locked (application failed to initialize)

  How to remove such false positives???

• GIB

  9 Nov 08, 13:31

  Simple. Uninstall AVG, install Avast. Problem solved.

• deathscythe99

  9 Nov 08, 18:46

  Uhh...?

  Avast is better than AVG meh?

• Noahtay

  9 Nov 08, 18:48

  nod32 or panda is also good

• deathscythe99

  9 Nov 08, 18:59

  Hmm thanks. but apart from switching my antivirus, wad else could I do? wait for updates to remove the false positive??

  I doubt Storm Codec is the one with problems. now it cant even work cos the dll isnt working -_-"

• Noahtay

  9 Nov 08, 19:01

  or u can try to put an exception for that program so that your antivirus will not block it

• deathscythe99

  9 Nov 08, 23:07

  Hmmm I cant do it...it will keep popping up the dll. now the program refuses to work??

• Xcert

  10 Nov 08, 13:59

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  Ever since the latest virus definition update by AVG, it has detected my Storm Codec media player as being a Trojan Horse Downloader.Generic8.CIR. Which means I can effectively forget abt watching my movies/videos since all are locked (application failed to initialize)

  How to remove such false positives???

  my AVG8 also reported problem with Notepad++'s uninstall.exe

• GIB

  10 Nov 08, 14:23

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  Uhh...?

  Avast is better than AVG meh?

  Yes, definitely.

• deathscythe99

  10 Nov 08, 23:38

  Hmm. Any other way other than to uninstall AVG? Been used to it...

  Possible to make the false positive disappear? :D

• deathscythe99

  11 Nov 08, 01:04

  Hmm. Or...should I just remove Storm Codec? Apparently the dll is really some sort of spyware/virus. Anyone can confirm?

  Now I'm stuck with a DivX player which cant read much files. zzz.

• GIB

  11 Nov 08, 20:33

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  Hmm. Any other way other than to uninstall AVG? Been used to it...

  Possible to make the false positive disappear? :D

  Sure. First way is you go work for them and fix the bug. Second way is to sue the crap out of them, claiming emotional distress and they will fix it real quick.

• caleb_chiang

  11 Nov 08, 20:39

  My AVG del my notepad++ uninstall and del my xunlei... me now use web xunlei...

   

   

  Use klite codec lor...

• wishboy

  14 Nov 08, 04:37

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  Hmm. Or...should I just remove Storm Codec? Apparently the dll is really some sort of spyware/virus. Anyone can confirm?

  Now I'm stuck with a DivX player which cant read much files. zzz.

  use a converter to convert the file to a format ur player can read, den play lo