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SovCoinX / SovCoin

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Virus scanner pegged the Windows binary as having a trojan. #4

Closed pavulon18 closed 5 years ago

pavulon18 commented 6 years ago

I downloaded the Windows Binary. My virus scanner reported that it contained a Trojan. Do you have any comments about this?

sovgithub commented 5 years ago

That would depend on the AV your using. I tested against Windows defender, malwarebytes, and AVG.

pavulon18 commented 5 years ago

360 Total Security (Free Edition) is the AV that is causing the positive notification. I've tried to get a copy of the report but as of yet, I've not succeeded. I can try again if it will help you.

sovgithub commented 5 years ago

My only guess is because the wallet does have a builtin miner.

pavulon18 commented 5 years ago

1) Could the miner you are using have a virus?

2) Why does it seem like so many files associated with cryptocurrencies and crypto mining have viruses?

I'm not trying to accuse you of anything. I'm simply trying to figure out how to decide if crypto files in general are safe.

sovgithub commented 5 years ago

It's not a actual Virus as it's a false positive caused by people using miners in botnets which has made anti viruses flag them as viruses.

i understand your concern, I may look into removing the builtin miner down the road as GPU mining is far more efficient than the builtin cpuminer.

pavulon18 commented 5 years ago

Thank you for that explanation.

So, for my own education, how does one go about determining if a miner is a false-positive (and thereby "safe") vs a miner that is truly infected?

sovgithub commented 5 years ago

Honestly it's all trial. I run all my wallets in a linux Jailshell environment so they only have access to minimal files. I only run miners on systems that have no Wallets on them to play it safe.

pavulon18 commented 5 years ago

very nice solution.