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Upload to virus total, passing one scanner isn't enough.



I did that, and, it seems that although it fails some virus scanners, it would be what I like to call a false positive.

Just to link a description of what one of them found: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid...

Basically it could be an unwanted application that "The application reports an exaggerated number of problems."

Shitty software? Sure. Malware? Not to me. YMMV.

Here's a screen shot of the ones it failed from that total scanner: https://i.imgur.com/vwy9sXY.jpg


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This is a disproportionate and unfair response, but whatever it is that our fellow users say, we don't make insulting accusations like “... reeks of misguided fanboyism.” Please don't comment like this here.


Is that the old switcheroo you playing? No need to answer.


Virus Total is not a one-way stop. It only does some detection, not comparable to actually executing the malware itself. No results do not mean clean!




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