Infected MGS installer`s?

[LinkinFart]

Since yesterday my KIS is recognizing MGS installers as infected with

"not-a-virus:Garbage.Win32.Casino.heur"

First time it happened last night while I tried to download one, KIS blocked the link immediately, but this morning KIS also recognized all of the already downloaded casino and poker installers infected with the same virus.

Viruslist link contains no info on this threat and google is not finding much.

Did anyone experience the same thing? Can someone max "heuristic analysis" and peform manual scan on one of the installers?

Thanks.

[Balky]

Something similar is happening to me recently with the Rival casino installers.
I use Nod and it keeps recognizing threats and quarantining files when I try to perform an installation.

B.

[Nate]

Have you tried this website?

http://virusscan.jotti.org/

Uses multiple scanners to scan individual files.

Nate

[Balky]

Thanks, I will try it out.

Balky

[Seaman63]

I´m experiencing exatly the same from my Kaspersk, also it listet some Rival Installers as infected. I have no idea what to to...

[Perc]

"not-a-virus:Garbage.Win32.Casino.heur"

Looks like KIS is telling you that online casinos are garbage.

[LinkinFart]

Just tried Betway installer. No virus infection warning. They have different installer, I`m guessing that all default ones will show up as infected.

[rockycatt]

i ran into this situation before i believe my Norton picked up on the casino /poker room;s scraping agent in the down load that's were they can catch if your useing a robotic agent

proviso it was a while ago i instructed it to over ride it as i remember it was listed as a [ p u p]

potential unwanted program and it was acknowledged by the casino or poker room cant remember witch

but you should be able to get a exact from the casino to match up with your virus suite 's response

[LinkinFart]

I have "PUP" detection disabled, it does catch casino installers as trojans or something malicious. So its not PUP but thanks for trying. Support told me to turn off KIS and to continue with install/download. No way I`m doing that.

[vinylweatherman]

I have "PUP" detection disabled, it does catch casino installers as trojans or something malicious. So its not PUP but thanks for trying. Support told me to turn off KIS and to continue with install/download. No way I`m doing that.

Surely the legitimate software industry keeps the vendors of anti-virus products up to date with any upgrades so that they can be added to the database and NOT mistaken for viruses, trojans, etc.

The problem with this attitude of telling the user just to disable his security software to force through the installation is dangerous, as ANYONE can claim they are legit, and if users get into the habit of believing all these warnings are just "false positives", then REAL menace software can sneak by by PRETENDING it has just been victim of a false positive.

What better way than to fake a casino website, and pretend it uses a well respected software.

Player find site, and thinks "great, never seen THIS Microgaming/RTG/whatever casino before, lets give it a try". Up pops the virus warning, and player simply disables it muttering "flipin' eck - these false positives are such a pain". In goes NOT a new casino, but a nasty piece of malware that take over his PC, and then tries to spread it's infection through the internet to anybody else who trusts this player, such as his email contacts.