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Anybody having a problem with AVG flagging Spotify exe as a security exception?
If so then here's what to do.
A user posted in another forum [url=http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/why_does_avg_flag_spotify_as_a_security_threat_runtime_packed_themida]Why does AVG flag spotify as a security threat ("runtime packed themida")[/url] the following instructions on how to solve this until AVG updates again which they'll hopefully do soon.
1 open AVG user interface (right click on icon in systray at bottom right)
2 components -> resident shield
3 click manage exceptions
4 click Excluded files, click Add
5 browse to c:\Program Files\Spotify\spotify.exe click open
6 spotify.exe appears in the list with a selected tickbox - click apply
AVG should now ignore spotify.exe
[B]Apparently the problem is that the spotify.exe file is packed to make it smaller (dunno why - it's not that big a file) and is unpacked at runtime. A lot of malware exe files do this so AVG throws a wobbly a flags a warning...
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If so then here's what to do.
A user posted in another forum [url=http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/why_does_avg_flag_spotify_as_a_security_threat_runtime_packed_themida]Why does AVG flag spotify as a security threat ("runtime packed themida")[/url] the following instructions on how to solve this until AVG updates again which they'll hopefully do soon.
1 open AVG user interface (right click on icon in systray at bottom right)
2 components -> resident shield
3 click manage exceptions
4 click Excluded files, click Add
5 browse to c:\Program Files\Spotify\spotify.exe click open
6 spotify.exe appears in the list with a selected tickbox - click apply
AVG should now ignore spotify.exe
[B]Apparently the problem is that the spotify.exe file is packed to make it smaller (dunno why - it's not that big a file) and is unpacked at runtime. A lot of malware exe files do this so AVG throws a wobbly a flags a warning...
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