[Resolved]Is Format Factory Malware?

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I am just trying to verify if Format Factory is really malware or just a false positive.

FormatFactory.exe
Company: Free Time
Version Number: 2.60
Originally Was in a 38.1mb .ZIP file when downloaded
Format Factory is a freeware video/audio converter/encoder program
Avast detected it as: Win32:Trojan-gen
File ID: 3

The main exe file was quarantined by Avast the other day, and since the file is too large, I can not upload it to Virus Total or Comodo’s CAMAS; I have uploaded a false positive report from the quarantine in Avast but I am also making one here hoping to get a response.

Here is the official website:

http://www.formatoz.com/

Here are a few of the download mirrors for the file:

http://format-factory.en.softonic.com/?ptn=ff (I think this is the mirror I used to download it)

http://www.freeware.de/download/formatfactory_36901.html

http://www.computerbild.de/download/hersteller/Formatoz-3124370.html

Here is a list of reports from various website scanners:

http://www.virustotal.com/url-scan/report.html?id=b4fa9b5dbaddd7eb3897871212b1af19-1294936014

http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=720267b40c8a20ee8d7ed91852280e01f197100b4ded7a6cea9a5887a049dc18-1294939620

http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formatoz.com%2F

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/formatoz.com/summary/

http://www.browserdefender.com/site/www.formatoz.com/

Thanks,
-John

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FP.

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Thank you, I also just got a reply from Avast saying it was a false positive as well, and they have now fixed it.

Au revoir,
-John