Newsreader Mesnews being reported as Malware

malcarada · July 19, 2009, 4:40pm

CIS keeps flagging the official Mesnews download (MesNews, Newsreader (Download)) as malware, I have been unable to see anything wrong with it and I am downloading it from the official site.

Ragwing · July 19, 2009, 5:54pm

Hello!

This appears to be a so called false positive, a legitimate file that is classed as a malware. If you believe that this file is safe, and shouldn’t be detected, please submit it here:

And/or read this topic on how to report a false positive:

https://forums.comodo.com/false_positivenegative_reporting_is_this_a_malware_that_cis_hasnot_detected/how_to_report_false_positivessuspicious_files_how_to_submit_them-t36051.0.html

gmohan · July 20, 2009, 5:47am

Hi malcarada ,

The reported FP will be fixed in next updates.

-Chandra Mohan

gmohan · July 20, 2009, 9:15am

Hi malcarada ,

The reported FP has been fixed in DB 1712.

-Chandra Mohan