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Virustotal detected version 20.02 x64 as Malware

Sunny Pham
2021-01-15
2021-01-23
  • Sunny Pham

    Sunny Pham - 2021-01-15

    Dear Developer,

    There are 2 virus detection on version 20.02 x64 install file. Why does this version contains malware while the older 19.00 doesn't? I download the install file and scan it through virustotal.com and it detected 2 malware. The detection causes people to loose trust in your software which they will find another alternative.

    Please fix and release a clean version as soon as possible.

    Thank You

     
  • Edward Sutton

    Edward Sutton - 2021-01-23

    If that was two of many scanners on virustotal seeing it then there are two possibilities: 1. file contains malware and only those two vendors are aware of it or 2. those two vendors are misdetecting the malware while the other guys have it right.
    As someone who uses a number of tools with high malware detection rates I've learned that some things won't be seen properly. If the antivirus company doesn't make clear by the detection what malicious things are going on, preferably with details that an advanced user could detect/track, then I'd suggest asking the antivirus company for clarification. If they likely misdetected the content, it'll usually stay that way until 'someone' reports it to them and they review it.

     

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