False Positive Advanced Mac Cleaner
Hi Ad-Aware Team,
This is regarding the false detection of Advanced Mac Cleaner by Ad-Aware Antivirus.
Advanced Mac Cleaner is a genuine Mac application that tweaks MacBook for better performance. It is not involved in any kind of malicious activities. This app does not modify any existing system settings, nor does it inject ads or hijack browsers.
Please have this detection removed ASAP.
Details of the product are as follows:
File Name: amc_msite.pkg
Detection Type: Gen:Variant.Application.MAC.AMCleaner.1
File location: http://cdn2121.advancedmaccleaner.com/amc/builds/amc_msite.pkg
Website: http://advancedmaccleaner.com
Regards,
Ashish
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Hi,
The detection is not considered a false positive. The file wil continue to be detected. I sent you a PM with additional information.
Regards,
Andy
Lavasoft Malware Lab
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Hi,
The detection is indeed a false positive. Advanced Mac Cleaner does not meet the definition of a malware.
I have sent you a PM with additional information.
Regards,
Ashish
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Thanks - I responded to your PM.
Andy
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Hello everybody,
from this thread it is not clear if it is indeed a false positive or not. LS Andy, could you please clear this up?
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Hi,
The application is detected as a Possible Unwanted Application because on a clean, freshly installed OSX, it shows thousands of insubstantial system problems, asking for a payment to resolve them. User feedback is also taken into account when categorising applications. You can about read people's experiences with the application on other forums, here, for example: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7135825?tstart=0
Andy
Lavasoft Malware Lab
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