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Martchus / syncthingtray

Tray application and Dolphin/Plasma integration for Syncthing
https://martchus.github.io/syncthingtray/
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syncthingtray-1.4.3-x86_64-w64-mingw32-cli.exe flagged as Trojan (by 41 AV engines on VirusTotal !) #193

Closed palijn closed 1 year ago

palijn commented 1 year ago

Hi, I just downloaded syncthingtray-1.4.3-x86_64-w64-mingw32-cli.exe (from the relevant .zip file in the Releases page).

My antivirus software insists in blocking/quarantining this file as being a Trojan. As a matter of fact, uploading it to VirusTotal has it flagged as such by over 40 antivirus engines.

So, I'm wondering : is the downloadable executable clean, or has it been infected in some way ?

Another question is : the non-cli exe file seems clean. Is the -cli needed at all for the tray functionalities ?

Thanks for your support !

Martchus commented 1 year ago

Not a bug of Syncthing Tray but a bug of the anti virus software. Closing as duplicate of #189.

palijn commented 1 year ago

Remaining question : Is the -cli needed at all for the tray functionalities ?

Martchus commented 1 year ago

No - it is only required for using the command line interface in the Windows terminal.

palijn commented 1 year ago

False Positive report submitted to BitDefender as of now. (URL : https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/29358/ )

Martchus commented 1 year ago

Ok, let's see whether it'll make any difference. I am going to release 1.4.4 soon so maybe that binary will be not detected anymore anyways.