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Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol
https://geth.ethereum.org
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AVG antivirus flag it as infested by a malware: "FileRepMalware" #15310

Closed vrolland closed 7 years ago

vrolland commented 7 years ago

Hello guys,

System information

Geth version: 1.7.2 OS & Version: Windows 10 AVG antivirus Free edition : 17.7.3032

Expected behaviour

Windows installer should not be blocked by my antivirus. (link from https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/ => https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/geth-windows-amd64-1.7.2-1db4ecdc.exe

Actual behaviour

AVG antivirus flag it as infested by a malware: "FileRepMalware"

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Download Geth installer for windows on https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/ => https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/geth-windows-amd64-1.7.2-1db4ecdc.exe on WIndows 10 with AVG Free edition

Best,

karalabe commented 7 years ago

AVG detects a ton of false positives generally in P2P networking programs (it flags bittorrent the same way). Not much we can do other than someone reporting to AVG that their detector is crappy. No antivirus from virus total detects is as malicious: https://www.virustotal.com/#/url/4d7669b0cb6f9b2b92474c35e02dfffe2bc476e84ee48526408498361d015275/detection

vrolland commented 7 years ago

Thank you for you quick answer!

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