Mezzmo & Avast Free - false positive?

[armchairdriver]

Avast Anti-Virus Free Edition detecting mezzmo.exe linking to malware at w8themes.com ?

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[Paul]

Thanks for reporting this. My guess is that you got this alert when Mezzmo was collecting artwork for your files. Mezzmo looks for artwork for your video files and music files (i) embedded in your media files, (ii) alongside your media files (folder.jpg, etc.) and (iii) from internet web sites. When searching the internet, Mezzmo may have attempted to download an image from a web site that Avast regarded as harmful. We'll try to reproduce this here.