Java Being Blocked By Antivirus Software (Specifically AVG)

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Samusaaron3 picture Samusaaron3 · Feb 7, 2012 · Viewed 10.6k times · Source

I have a program that I've been working on that downloads files. Everything works perfectly, unless a user is using AVG. Oddly enough, it seems that in order to fix the issue AVG's "Email Protection" must be disabled; adding either my program or the JRE to an exceptions list doesn't work.

I am downloading content through the use of a BufferedInputStream obtained from a URL. Users have been reporting that the download process starts fine, but freezes ~5%-15% in (it varies). The download progress is shown with a JProgressBar.

Is there any way to avoid this? It's a pain having to deal with it case by case...

Answer

ExxKA picture ExxKA · Mar 11, 2013

Do you download files which contain code of some sort? - That may be why AVG is blocking it.

An easy solution to this (used by virus writers world wide) is to simply transport the source code and compile it client side (Java has a compiler you can call from within your code), or to just encrypt the file, download it in the encrypted form and then decrypt it when you have received the file client side.

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