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AVG Antivirus detects "identity protection" issue with touchfreeze.exe #60

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Fresh install of latest version from this site on Windows 7 Ultimate laptop 
running AVG free antivirus 2014 with latest updates and definitions. 
2.
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.1.0 / Win 7 Ultimate

Please provide any additional information below.

I told AVG to accept it as an exception since I have been using touchfreeze 
for, it seems like, 10 years or so... Any idea why it triggered the alert?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ken.wins...@gmail.com on 24 May 2014 at 1:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
TouchFreeze uses low-level hooks to intercept key press and mouse events. 
Malware applications like keyloggers also uses it to steal passwords and other 
personal information. That's why antivirus raises red-flag on TouchFreeze.

But TouchFreeze is open-source and you may check the source code to make sure 
that it doesn't disclose any personal information to third-party.

Original comment by chemodax@gmail.com on 14 Feb 2015 at 12:47