Windows Defender detects "Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A" - Githubissues

marchaesen / vcxsrv

Windows X-server based on the xorg git sources (like xming or cygwin's xwin), but compiled with Visual Studio 2012 Community Edition.

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Windows Defender detects "Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A" #29

Open Stamgastje opened 2 months ago

Stamgastje commented 2 months ago

Windows Defender (on Windows 11) indicates that the 64 bit installer contains malware.

What it detected:

Detected: Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A
File: vcxsrv-64.21.1.13.0.installer.exe
Details: This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.

AV details:

Product Name Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Product Version 4.18.24070.5
Security intelligence Version AV: 1.417.569.0, AS: 1.417.569.0, NIS: 1.417.569.0
Engine Version AM: 1.1.24070.3, NIS: 1.1.24070.3

Not sure if this may be a false positive?

Stamgastje commented 2 months ago

It might actually be a duplicate of this report: https://github.com/marchaesen/vcxsrv/issues/26