Can someone whom is software savvy please explain?

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t0aj15

Power User
My protection software repeatedly comes up with this:

Latest threat removed from your devices:

Filename: Axe-Edit-III-Win-v1p03p00.tmp
Malware type: W32.Adware.Gen
 
It thinks that your Axe-Edit download (I'm assuming that is what the file is) is not trustworthy.

Try updating your protection software to the latest version.

If that file is not a download of Axe-Edit then you may have an infected PC and whatever infected it is trying to hide with that file.
 
There's really no reason to use third-party security software on Windows anymore. Windows Defender is as good or better than anything else out there, and it's free.
 
ESW said:
There's really no reason to use third-party security software on Windows anymore. Windows Defender is as good or better than anything else out there, and it's free.
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None of the tools are perfect.

Back when my kids used to share my computer (they always managed to get it in trouble) I always ran TWO anti-malware programs. Both would catch things the other had missed ;)
 
t0aj15 said:
My protection software repeatedly comes up with this:

Latest threat removed from your devices:

Filename: Axe-Edit-III-Win-v1p03p00.tmp
Malware type: W32.Adware.Gen
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W32.Adware.Gen is the name of a virus.

Your protection software has detected the signature of this virus in the Axe FX “temporary” file. This does not mean that this file is infected, you could be experiencing a false positive. For that matter, considering that a tmp file is not executable, it is unlikely that this file would be infected by a virus.

Open a ticket with the manufacturer of your protection software and get them to assist you in determining if you have a false positive. If it is a false positive, they will be able to tell you how to flag this file so the protection software stops reporting a threat in that file.
 
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