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pinmame McAfee dialer alert?

Started By novapin , Mar 27 2010 10:44 AM

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#1 novapin

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 10:44 AM

recent system scan of registry files found 2 dialer-182 style files. I removed them, upon starting VP again I had to reinstall pinmame. Are these normal files that correspond with pinmame?

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 11:22 AM

The only thing I know about that is that McAfee doesn't have the best track record when it comes to false positives.

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 03:08 PM

False positive if you got it straight from pinmame.com...McAfee is just yanking your chain...NOD32 I heard is one of the best around! smile.gif
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Posted 27 March 2010 - 03:50 PM

I use Avira Anti-Vir free version 10. It's probably one of the best freeware anti-virus programs out there, and it does everyting that McAfee and Norton does without the false positives.
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Posted 27 March 2010 - 07:29 PM

I have Karspersky 9 and it hasn't detected anything regarding VP files. Did you download VPMAME from a trusted source?

Here is a round up comparison of the most known AV and their reliability rates:

http://www.virus.gr/...st-05-september

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 10:34 PM

Get rid of that crap. Use Avira AntiVir or some other free ones that doesn't complain or bitching over something stupid.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 12:32 AM

AVG is free and to me is the best IMO
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