WPA_Kill.exe false positive in Avast?

Question

I've had the file "WPA_Kill.exe" (version 1.6.2) on my computer for a couple of years. It never triggered an antivirus alert. Recently, it tripped my Avast antivirus, which identified it as the "Win32:Small-XC" trojan. I think this must be a false positive.

I submitted this file to the on-line scanner at Kaspersky Labs, and it came up clean.

What do you think? Trojan? How likely is it that it would go undetected for two years and dozens of antivirus and malware scans, and now suddenly be identified by Avast as a trojan?

elizas · Accepted Answer

Sometimes you need to scan messages comming to your mail to check if it contains some viruses or malicious programs. Also in situations like while downloading content you need to scan the content before you download.

'Eliza'

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Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers · Answer

Yes. So?No, you don't.Besides, what exactly does any of that have to do with firewalls?cu59cobalt

Regis · Answer

Actually not quite as unrelated actually as they once were. With multifunction proxies that include firewalling, inline malware scanning on http proxy, and integrated mail scanning all in a device being marketed as an enhanced firewall, it's not as OT as you might think.

Was the post nearly imcomprehensible? Sure. OT, ... meh.

Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers · Answer

You have a point, although I'd doubt that the OP was meant that way.cu59cobalt

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