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Malware False Positive?

A routine scan reported 2 threats found on my HTC 10. SmartSearch and SmithLite have been classified as Malware but are system apps and can't be deleted. I could not find any information on these as threats and no other security software found anything wrong. But I reset to factory settings to be safe. Unfortunately a scan after the reset still marks those as Malware. This leads me to believe the scan is marking them as a false positive but would like to confirm. Thank you.
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Sreedevi PadmakumarSreedevi Padmakumar (Avast)
Hello Matt,
We regret for the inconvenience caused.
Please submit this issue to our Mobile support team through the following link http://bit.ly/1EC8H4H and choose Yes for the Question "Are you currently using any paid/trial AVG products?" inspite of using the Free version and fill out necessary details and click on Email option.
Our AVG mobile team will reply back to you via email as soon as possible.
Thank you.

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Sreedevi PadmakumarSreedevi Padmakumar (Avast)
Hello Matt,
We regret for the inconvenience caused.
Please submit this issue to our Mobile support team through the following link http://bit.ly/1EC8H4H and choose Yes for the Question "Are you currently using any paid/trial AVG products?" inspite of using the Free version and fill out necessary details and click on Email option.
Our AVG mobile team will reply back to you via email as soon as possible.
Thank you.
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Alan BinchAlan Binch
Matt, Please note that this Community deals mainly with the technical queries regarding AVG Windows products. AVG Android support is provided through email only.
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