Windows 10: My Download is being blocked as a Virus

I want to download this file that i'm fully aware of it's being false scanned for viruses and i'm having trouble trying to access this file because the download is getting blocked and its very frustrating. So how do i download files with "viruses."[Original Title: downloads/files]

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New Virus Comes Disguised as IE7 Download

If you receive an e-mail offering a download of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2, delete it. A new virus is spreading all over the web. The e-mail includes a convincing graphic that looks like it could really be from Microsoft, and the virus is delivered when recipients click on the included link. The e-mails carry the subject line "Internet Explorer 7 Downloads" and appear to come from admin@microsoft.com. They include a blue, Microsoft-style graphic offering a download of IE 7 beta 2. Clicking the graphic will download an executable file called IE 7.exe. The file is actually a new virus called Virus.Win32.Grum. Security experts are still trying to analyze the virus, which may affect your registry, mail contact list or steal personal information from your computer.

Source: Network World

 

McAffee Seems to be Blocking Attempts to Download Other Anti-Virus Programs!

I agree, and I listed the criteria for that small percentage in Post #46.

I never said it wasn't good. Nor did I say it didn't matter if it wasn't good since people need to be trained or have common sense anyway. I said training was required, and that is a business management and business IT responsibility - just as it is a parent's for their children.

And note that is regardless the user's (or admin's) anti-malware solution of choice.

I have also said many times that, regardless the anti-malware solution of choice, it is also necessary to always have a secondary scanner on hand to verify the user (again, always the weakest link in security) or the primary solution did not let something slip by. I typically recommend Malwarebytes for that.

A warning is one thing, blocking without the option to continue with the installation is another, and unacceptible issue completely. As I noted in my first post in this thread, I am certain this is a McAfee bug and will quickly be fixed - if it is not just a quirk for the notebook in question. Which brings me to these questions:

@newtekie1 - I see in your opening post you are preparing 2 Dell notebooks. But I don't see in your opening post that McAfee WebAdviser blocked the installation of Avast on both of those notebooks. It seems you only ran into this problem on the first notebook. Did the Avast install go smoothly on the second? Or did WebAdviser (1) not uninstall with the McAfee suite, and (2) did WebAdviser block Avast on the second notebook too?

Or did you just ensure WebAdviser was gone before attempting to install Avast on the second?

Just wondering if the problem was isolated to one notebook suggesting a quirk? Or both suggesting a trend/bug?

 

New PC DRM!

You mean:

Pirated
Step 1: Find Pirated version.
Step 2: Download (which takes far longer than all the waiting for saving would take if your internet connection truly is slow)
Step 3: Scan downloaded copy with anti-virus.
Step 4: Install and pray hard that it isn't virus infected
Step 5: Install the pirating bit and pray some more that it isn't a virus
Step 6: Enjoy with above worries
Step 7: Save