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Virustotal multiple detections #71

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naks110 opened this issue Jun 26, 2023 · 8 comments
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Virustotal multiple detections #71

naks110 opened this issue Jun 26, 2023 · 8 comments

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@naks110
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naks110 commented Jun 26, 2023

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/5a81a849afdbc2dcd6141707aa16be654f0b8a5aaac12ee1a14ea0dec9fa789e/detection

@abbodi1406
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5 unpopular out of 67
not bad for a false-positive

@EmileSonneveld
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Google chrome also flags it:
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@werewolfprincess
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Google chrome also flags it: image

That's just because it's an executable. it does the same for all .dll files.

@EmileSonneveld
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EmileSonneveld commented Sep 6, 2024

I rarely see this for exe files. This is a pretty shady exe that gets downloaded without a prompt:

@werewolfprincess
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that's strange then, I didn't get a warning from downloading the file in this repository. maybe it simply has to do with windows security settings?

@abbodi1406
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I rarely see this for exe files. This is a pretty shady exe that gets downloaded without a prompt:

This has nothing to do with this repo
how or where it "get" downloaded exactly?

@EmileSonneveld
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I retried downloading vcredist and did not get a warning. So not an issue for me anymore. I guess it was downloaded enough worldwide for chrome to trust it.

@Absolucy
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an unsigned executable (the AIO installer) that runs installers (even if the installers are signed, as the vcredist installers themselves are) will trigger lots of heuristic detections

and signing certs cost a lot of money

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