Android Question avast antivirus: all app deveolped with B4A result infected HiddenAds-DB

[Fabio Campanella]

Hello everyone. For a few days, all the APPs developed with B4A have become infected with the virus in question. Even if I always recompile the APP this problem. Yesterday I published an update on the Google Play Store but I didn't get any reports from google.
Are they false positives?
How do I tell my customers they should ignore this report? Is there a solution to the problem?
Thanks at all!!

Fabio

 

[Erel]

There is no "infection". This is a false detection which you should report.

 

[Alvsky]

I did some testing and here are my findings:
I created an empty app and adding libraries I use one by one. I use B4A 9.50.

Core + FBAdmob = OK
Core + Phone + OkHttpUtils2 = OK
Core + Phone + OkHttpUtils2 + FirebaseAdMob= NOK
Core + Phone + OkHttpUtils2 + FirebaseAnalytics= OK
Core + Phone + FirebaseAdMob = OK
Core + OkHttpUtils2 + FirebaseAdMob= OK
Core + Phone + OkHttpUtils2 + FirebaseAdMob= NOK (again for double test)

But...
in the meanwhile I got the answer from Avast and they confirmed that it is a false positive and that it will be resolved with next virus definitions.

Our virus specialists have been working on this problem and it has now been resolved. The provided website isn't detected by Avast anymore. The results will be visible with next virus definitions update.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

So all we can do now is to wait and hope that users will get new definitions soon so we don't loose installations and we don't get 1 reviews

 

[Fabio Campanella]

This is the answer by avast support!

"The provided file doesn't seem to be detected by Avast. Could you please send us a screenshot of the detection message you're getting?"

I have posted the screenshots to them, let's see what they answer .... I also have the doubt that it is a problem of Chinese mobile phones!

 

[Alvsky]

So all we can do now is to wait and hope that users will get new definitions soon so we don't loose installations and we don't get 1 reviews

One of my app users informed me that app is not recognized as a threat anymore.

I didn't think that they'll be so fast...
for Avast support