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FastKeys and Avast not playing well together...

Posted: Sep 26th, ’18, 05:07
by floydian79
Hi everyone,

FastKeys.exe is identified by Avast antivirus as a threat and is shut down and quarantined...
Threat name: IDP.ALEXA.51

Re: FastKeys and Avast not playing well together...

Posted: Sep 26th, ’18, 05:47
by Marko
Unfortunately some anti-virus software wrongly suspect FastKeys as Spyware because it processes keyboard input.

This reports are false and FastKeys is absolutely safe to use. We will report the issue to Avast, until then, please white-list FastKeys.

Re: FastKeys and Avast not playing well together...

Posted: Nov 21st, ’18, 06:07
by floydian79
Hi, I have made several reports to Avast but the anti-virus keeps blacklisting fastkeys...

Re: FastKeys and Avast not playing well together...

Posted: Nov 22nd, ’18, 18:57
by Tom
Could you try this?
https://www.virustotal.com

It could be that Avast detects a special command you use. Could you try with the default settings (Examples.fdb)?
Could you send a screenshot of the detection message you're getting?

Re: FastKeys and Avast not playing well together...

Posted: Nov 27th, ’18, 07:04
by floydian79
Hi Tom, actually I am not getting any message. Avast just put fastkeys.exe in quarantine. It must be some ahk script I am running with a shortcut but I am not sure.

Re: FastKeys and Avast not playing well together...

Posted: Nov 30th, ’18, 05:58
by Tom
Have you tried this?
https://www.virustotal.com/

Try running with the default settings - open Examples.fdb (File/Open). Any difference?

Do you use encryption?