joel3d Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 MCafee isolated two treats after bitcomet update - WTF! Why are they there? Avast free, and ByteFence Anti-Malware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhubarb Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 False Positives - some A/V apps consider the bundled (optional) software to be a 'threat' (it isn't) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel3d Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 There was no option to choose whether or not to install them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhubarb Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Yes there is - you can decline at the bottom of the screen. However, it doesn't alter the fact that it's a false positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel3d Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 BS! sorry...Tata i was a bit mad seeing that your wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george2018 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 i had same problem, KIS 2019 deleted bitcomet.exe after installing 1.51 build, adding it in threats and exclusions helped, then i changed some tab settings and removed threats and exclusions rule and warning message disappeared, it was some kind of adaware not-a-virus, i think just false positive, before that i never had any problems using 1.51 build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhubarb Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I'm sorry that you don't like being told about what has been a known issue ever since 1.52 was released. This false positive has cropped up in more posts than enough and the cause has been stated over and over again. When you start to istall, you get one screen for the actual app; you then get a second install screen offering another piece of software. You can decline that. The reason it's there is that the external company pays to have it bundled and that's what pays for server time. The applet for installing that is what causes the false positive as the A/V simply sees it as 'adware' and then calls it a threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel3d Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 Thanks for clearing that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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