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bibimagic

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Virus detections for update zip package
« on: September 26, 2022, 17:10:14 »
Hello,

The "VirusTotal" antivirus scan detects a potential threat in the update file for x86 systems: "MultiCommander_win32_Update_(12.1.0.2906).zip".
Here is the result of the analysis: newbielink:https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8e8b9f8ad14e0fefddd84679f02d758d30f8f6c2f4664566f3659200cbae4986/detection/f-8e8b9f8ad14e0fefddd84679f02d758d30f8f6c2f4664566f3659200cbae4986-1663880901 [nonactive]

Have you ever seen anything special with this zip file?
Do you know what can cause this positive detection by antivirus software?

Mathias (Author)

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Re: Virus detections for update zip package
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2022, 17:48:41 »
Its a false positive, It is very common for application that do lots of file access like a file manager to get flaged.. some malware analyzer see that this application can do lots of different file access operation. And they become suspicious.
There is not much small developers can do about it

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Re: Virus detections for update zip package
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2022, 16:51:00 »
Thank you for these explanations. Thanks to them, the chocolatey installation package has been approved.
Thank you for your development work for this application that I find great and that I use daily.
Thanks again for your availability and for the time you spend to answer all the questions on the forum.