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False Positive?

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Today, AVAST is totally blocking me from running EPIM 11.2.2 Portable. It let me run it yesterday.

Avast says it is infected with "FileRepMalware". I reported it to them as a likely false positive.

Virus checkers ARE the virus, it seems some times!!
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It happens time to time, you can safely ignore such warnings.
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Re: False Positive?

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The issue seems to be fixed: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/261 ... f6872fb371
Thank you for reporting this false positive.
We have now cleared its reputation in our database based on the findings and removed the detection. This change may take up to 24 hours to take full effect. Please accept our apology for the inconvenience caused.
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Avast Malware Analysis Team
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