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Any reason my Antivirus considers it a problem? " C:\Program Files\qutebrowser\qutebrowser.exe is infected with Gen:Variant.Mikey.118185 " This is with Bitdefen
by v8engine 6y ago
Any reason my Antivirus considers it a problem?
"
C:\Program Files\qutebrowser\qutebrowser.exe is infected with Gen:Variant.Mikey.118185
"
This is with Bitdefender.
I downloaded the prebuilt windows binary from https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/releases https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/releases
- toyg 6y agoSome AVs have an issue with PyInstaller: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4269 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4269 I've also seen some AVs having an issue with QT dlls, probably because some malware used them at some point.
- The-Compiler 6y agoLike mentioned by toyg, AV engines are really overzealous when it comes to PyInstaller executables :( Not much I can do about that, but I opened https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/6081 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/6081 to send a couple of appeals whenever I'm bored enough to do so.
- jnxx 6y agoAntivirus software can have random positives, and for niche software they might not correct that. But it is a good reason to only run stuff that has a pgp-signed checksum.
- account42 6y agoIf the Anti Virus spits out something with "Gen" or similiar in the name it's some atodetection bullshit and you should take it up with your antivirus vendor instead of botherung anyone else.