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PHP Desktop binaries downloaded from alternative download site (dropbox.com) are detected as malicious by Google Chrome #123

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
All php desktop binaries that are hosted on dropbox.com are detected as 
malicious and are being blocked by Google Chrome. The main download links with 
files hosted on Google Drive do not show such behavior. I've compared md5 sums 
of files on Google Drive and Dropbox, and they are the same. So this must be 
Google Chrome seeing Dropbox as a common hosting service for malicious 
software. It detects it as malicious without even doing a real scan. Probably 
sees any zip files hosted on dropbox, that contain executable files as 
malicious.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by czarek.t...@gmail.com on 3 Oct 2014 at 9:29

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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Original comment by czarek.t...@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2014 at 7:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by czarek.t...@gmail.com on 21 Oct 2014 at 10:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Downloads from dropbox are working fine now. No warnings about zip binaries 
being malicious. No idea what helped change that behavior. Whether it was the 
issue reported sent using Google Chrome > Help menu. Or whether scanning all 
files with virustotal.com and voting them as harmless helped.

Original comment by czarek.t...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2014 at 8:23

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The warning message in Google Chrome about file being malicious will disappear 
if you scan the file with virustotal.com and scan results are clear. I've just 
uploaded a new phpdesktop-chrome-31.8.exe file and had a warning about file 
being malicious during download. I've uploaded the file to virustotal.com, scan 
was ok, voted it as +1 harmless. After these steps file can be downloaded from 
dropbox.com without problems, no malicious warnings anymore.

Original comment by czarek.t...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2014 at 10:49