Game disk infected with Virus?

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Topic # 110418 9-Oct-2012 10:10
Hi, My computer has just finished a scan using avast free and found a threat on drive D. Tried quarantining it but won't let me. The drive had a game disk in it - Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary. The disk seems to be infected, is this possible?, seems to be as when I remove the disk and rescan the threat is gone. Also putting in a different game disk comes back as ok after a scan. Is the infected disk now junk? Any thoughts and help appreciated.

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Reply # 698292 9-Oct-2012 10:11
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Reply # 698296 9-Oct-2012 10:19
Cloudy: Hi, My computer has just finished a scan using avast free and found a threat on drive D. Tried quarantining it but won't let me. The drive had a game disk in it - Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary. The disk seems to be infected, is this possible?, seems to be as when I remove the disk and rescan the threat is gone. Also putting in a different game disk comes back as ok after a scan. Is the infected disk now junk? Any thoughts and help appreciated. Is is a legitimate/original disk OR cracked/warez/off the back of a truck from Thailand? If original it's probably false positive: You can upload the problem file to https://www.virustotal.com/ and get it checked by a range of virus checkers to double check. If not original, it's probably cracked to circumvent DRM so it could be a real problem of just a false positive.

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Reply # 698299 9-Oct-2012 10:22
Ragnor: Cloudy: Hi, My computer has just finished a scan using avast free and found a threat on drive D. Tried quarantining it but won't let me. The drive had a game disk in it - Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary. The disk seems to be infected, is this possible?, seems to be as when I remove the disk and rescan the threat is gone. Also putting in a different game disk comes back as ok after a scan. Is the infected disk now junk? Any thoughts and help appreciated. Is is a legitimate/original disk OR cracked/warez/off the back of a truck from Thailand? If original it's probably false positive: You can upload the problem file to https://www.virustotal.com/ and get it checked by a range of virus checkers to double check. If not original, it's probably cracked to circumvent DRM so it could be a real problem of just a false positive. Its a genuine disk. Just scanning with house call now

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Reply # 698302 9-Oct-2012 10:29
Housecall finished and found nothing.

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Reply # 698306 9-Oct-2012 10:33
Possibly a false positive then... Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 698323 9-Oct-2012 11:54
maybe Lara Croft has been sleeping around and picked up the herps. dirty slut!

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Reply # 698328 9-Oct-2012 11:59
NonprayingMantis: maybe Lara Croft has been sleeping around and picked up the herps. dirty slut! also scanned with malwarebytes and thats all good too