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AVG antivirus reported that FL is infected with IDP.Generic, and quarantined it

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Describe the bug/issue AVG antivirus reported that FL is infected with IDP.Generic, and quarantined it

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: Since this is a response from AVG, I cannot reproduce it manually.

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Windows 10 Home, 64 bit 
Version	10.0.19044 Build 19044


 

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Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created a year ago
  • Comments:7 (4 by maintainers)

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raindropsfromskycommented, May 6, 2022

AVG has officially cleared FL from its virus database. If anyone faces a problem, they recommend downloading and re-installing the latest version.

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deefrawleycommented, May 7, 2022

Thanks @raindropsfromsky - appreciate your help for the Flow project

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