#2577 7-zip 25.00 reported by Win11 as having trojan

Windows 11 is reporting the 25.00 installer as having a trojan.

[Martin Aaby Finnerup]

Can confirm, I got this too.
I use UniGetUI to auto-update my winget packages every night,
No Windows Defender pup-up, just the error message from UniGetUI, although the 7zip installer does show up in Defenders quarantine.

[ch3mn3y]

+1, it can be installed, by disabling Defender, but than it'll just block 7zFM.exe whe trying to use the app.

[rmmbr]

Sooooo... I think 7-Zip software should get a digital certificate... Yes, certificates often cost something, but there are options for free certificates for open source projects. With a digital certificate, many discussions like this one would no longer be necessary ... A similar discussion is currently underway for the Notepad++ editor. The corresponding options are already documented there.

[Ben]

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/78afa2a1c773caf3cf7edf62f857d2a8a5da55fb0fff5da416074c0d28b2b55f

2/71 security vendors flagged this file as malicious

W32.AIDetectMalware SecureAgeMalicious