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Antivirus false positives
Since 1 hour I get a lot of messages that the following threat has been found: Ppt.Exploit.CVE_2017_0199-6336815-1. If I google on it it seems to be a Trojan and I have the impression this is a recen...
We have the same issue since yesterday, after recent antivirus database update. Now updated from 6.8OS to 6.8.1 to see if this somehow will correct the issue. In addition, i sent two examples to the Avast laboratory yesterday, but no feedback so far.
Ppt.Exploit.CVE_2017_0199-6336815-1 affect only the office documents with extensions .docx and .xlsx
I have not seen similar thread raise about this possible vulnerability. I would recommend to report this to our support site here click on "Report Vulnirabilities" so it can look onto right away.
Regards,
Marty_M
NETGEAR Community Team
Thank you Marty_M,
apparently after the update to OS6.8.1, no such threats occur anymore.
My problem is solved.
Thanks!
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