Since today I am experiencing the problem that has been reported a number of times before. Trouble is, Avira still blocks Logos4 although I entered them in the exceptions lists. Does Logos contain malware?
Welcome to the forums Thorsten!
The problem is Avira and Webroot anti-virus reporting Logos4 as a 'false positive.' Logos does not contain malware.
If you have not done so, check out this thread for more about getting Logos to work with Avira.
I don't understand what is happening. I did try the instructions in the other thread. Nothing changed at first. I then had Avira remove the corrupted file and did a repair of the Logos installation through Windows system control. Now Logos seems to be working again. - Very strange!
Thanks for your support, Richard!
I don't understand what is happening. I did try the instructions in the other thread. Nothing changed at first. I then had Avira remove the corrupted file and did a repair of the Logos installation through Windows system control. Now Logos seems to be working again. - Very strange! Thanks for your support, Richard!
You're welcome. It's possible that Avira responded to the reports of the false positive and corrected that in its virus definitions database that was (eventually) downloaded to your computer. Or, your computer just felt better about the whole thing and decided to let you read your Bible again. [;)]
I get the awkward feeling that my computer does no longer feel it fit for me to read my Bible!
Serious, just now, after hours of work without problems, I got the same problem again. And I still have Logos in Avira's exceptions lists. This is annoyng!
So far the discussion tended to lay the blame on Avira. I still wonder if Logos programmers use code that they should rather not be using because it is too similar to malware code.
The reason to question Avira (and Webroot) is that as far as I know, only those who are using those to anti-virus programs are having this issue.
This suggests that the problem is with Avira (and Webroot) who are looking for a different "signature code" than other anti-virus programs. Note that this signature code is not necessarily malware itself, but probaby just a few lines of code. This is how all modern anti-virus programs work. Occasionally a program will accidentally duplicate these lines of signature code and will generate a false positive.
Since there is no way programmers can know which lines of code, of the thousands (millions?) of viruses and other malware that an anti-virus program is using, and since it's impractical to test a program on the hundreds of anti-virus programs available, there's no way they can check to make sure they aren't accidentally duplicating something.
BTW, have you reported the false positive to Avira? If not, please do. Instructions should be either in your anti-virusl program or at the Avira web site.
I have Webroot anti-virus - i found having allowed the file - I then had to restore my computer to before the problem ocurred and then reinstall the update - this seemed to work for me
James
After reporting the false positive to Avira for a number of times they seem to have changed Avira's signature code. I removed logos4.exe from my exceptions lists again - it works fine without problems!
Thanks for your comments and help!
