Avast Driver Updater...?!

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Hello I have purchased a new computer a few days ago, and now at my first scan(with Malwarebytes) it says that I have Generic Malware in another security product: Avast Driver Updater downloaded from Avast own site, I do not know what to think, please help, could it be a false positive?

 

[TairikuOkami]

According to MBAM, everything is PUP, unless you have downloaded some drivers via it, that were detected as such?

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[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Hello, and thanks for answering so quickly: No it is the program itself Malwarebytes want to quarantine, and I find very hard to believe, how can I find out for sure, it sounds like Malwarebytes is not the best detection wise.

 

[Antus67]

Hello, and thanks for answering so quickly: No it is the program itself Malwarebytes want to quarantine, and I find very hard to believe, how can I find out for sure, it sounds like Malwarebytes is not the best detection wise.

Nothing is perfect however you can check the driver out with BitDefender on line scan. If you downloaded it from Avast official web site it appears to be a false/positive but again play safe and scan with another AV

 

[Gengis Khan]

Do a verification with VirusTotal

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Hello, just scanned with VirusTotal: 20 positives, I do not know what to do

 

[Pat MacKnife]

Avast Driver Updater is part of avast paid , so its just a FP from MBAM

Is it safe to use Avast Driver updater? - All Other Applications

Page 1 of 3 - Is it safe to use Avast Driver updater? - posted in All Other Applications: The operating system on my computer is Windows 10, and Im using Avast as my antivirus software. My questiion is that, Is it safe to use Avast Driver updater? Thank you.

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[Freki123]

Got some time before food and tried to download hXXps://www.avast.com/de-de/driver-updater . Finally I knew H_C is working
Windows Defender Antivirus has detected malware or other potentially unwanted software.
For more information please see the following:

Misleading:Win32/Lodi!MSR threat description - Microsoft Security Intelligence

Name: Misleading:Win32/Lodi!MSR
ID: 260123
Severity: High
Category: Potentially Unwanted Software
Seems like a PUS (Novice opinion here)
The 20 VT positives are as a PUS or as Trojan/virus?

 

[roger_m]

It's harmless, but often, driver updaters and cleaning tools, are detected as PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) and sometimes, as was your case, wrongly detected as malware.

I don't recommend using Avast (or AVG) Driver Updater, which is a rebrand of DriverUpdate from Slimware Utilities, as it finds far fewer driver updates than many other such tools. For example, IObit's Driver Booster, will usually find a lot more driver updates.

 

[Peter247]

In my opinion, Avast Driver Updater is safe. I think maybe you should get the latest version though, maybe that's why Malware scan detected it. ADU is one of the safest driver updaters I can vouch for. Check out more information here about it's Pros :Avast Driver Updater - Best review Pros and Cons Nov, 2019

 

[Outpost]

Maybe it is detected, because Avast has a long history of not respecting privacy and therefore is detected as PUP.

Probably Avast Driver wants to update your WiFi or LAN drivers simply to "call at home" more faster.

 

[RKRN3]

Don't try using any driver updater programs.

 

[sepik]

I do like Driver Booster. Especially when upgrading drivers for old laptops/desktop computers. Yes there's free alternatives, like snappy driver installer origin, but its slower and i dont like the GUI of it. I have several old laptops(2010-2013). One of them is Samsung Series 3 with AMD APU6 cpu/gpu. Installed windows 10. Windows update finds correct CPU/GPU drivers for it. But when installing, screen goes black and the puter freezes.
The same with Driver Booster, Snappy and old Catalyst drivers. All freezes the puter when installing the APU drivers. Tried DDU in safe mode, and then installing drivers again. No success. Oh well...then i installed Linux Mint Mate 19.3. Everything works just fine, hw acceleration enabled out of the box.

 

[upnorth]

Malwarebytes want to quarantine, and I find very hard to believe, how can I find out for sure,

Hello, just scanned with VirusTotal: 20 positives, I do not know what to do

I would recommend submit the file to a few AV companies/vendors that don't enforce any sort of site registration and don't forget to add an email for better feedback/information.

 

[roger_m]

In my opinion, Avast Driver Updater is safe. I think maybe you should get the latest version though, maybe that's why Malware scan detected it.

Maybe it is detected, because Avast has a long history of not respecting privacy and therefore is detected as PUP.

It is safe. The only reason it is detected, is because Malwarebytes often classifies software such as driver updaters and junk cleaners as PUPs. It has got absolutely nothing to do with any possible privacy concerns. IObit's Driver Booster gets detected too, but not because IObit stole their malware definitions, it's just because of their aggressive detection of PUPs which they started a few years ago.

ADU is one of the safest driver updaters I can vouch for. Check out more information here about it's Pros :Avast Driver Updater - Best review Pros and Cons Nov, 2019

It may well be safe, but it does an abysmal job of finding driver updates. Not only do most alternatives find more driver updates, but in spite of its limited driver database, its accuracy at finding the correct drivers is not very good. For example, the free version of Driver Booster, will usually find significantly more drivers and it is much better at finding the correct drivers. The review you linked to, like many reviews these days is laughable. One of the cons they list is "No support for MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android." You don't need driver update software for any of those operating systems.