For those few who are testing or using the toolkit already, and who happen to use AVG Anti-Virus, AVG is now reporting a false positive on the file 7zFM.exe, located in the \PortableApps\7-ZipPortable\App\7-Zip folder in the toolkit.

AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition
Version: 8.5.285
Virus DB: 270.11.35/2034

The file was checked with ClamWin Portable, http://www.virustotal.com/ and http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus all of which reported the file clean***. In order to use 7-Zip, you will have to add the directory to the exception path list for the resident shield in AVG.

The file has been submitted to AVG as a false positive.

***On VirusTotal.com 2/40 programs found a problem with the file.
-AVG reports Pakes.DCZ (same program version as my local system)
-eSafe scanner reported a “Suspicious File”

Update April 3rd, 2009:

I received an email from AVG this morning:

AVG Anti-virus Research Lab has analyzed the file(s) you have sent from your AVG Virus Vault. Below you can find the results for each file. The final verdict on the file is either a correct detection or a false positive detection.

Further information about the verdicts are available at our website:
http://www.avg.com/faq-1184

“\PortableApps\7-ZipPortable\App\7-Zip\7zFM.exe” - false alarm

Best regards,

AVG Technical Support
website: http://www.avg.com