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Windows Defender says 0.14.14.5 release exe is a virus #68

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Ultroman opened this issue Jan 1, 2019 · 4 comments
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Windows Defender says 0.14.14.5 release exe is a virus #68

Ultroman opened this issue Jan 1, 2019 · 4 comments

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@Ultroman
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Ultroman commented Jan 1, 2019

Windows Defender says fommsetup-0.14.14.5.exe contains the following virus:
Win32/Cloxer.D!cl

@EvilOssie
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EvilOssie commented Jan 2, 2019

Guaranteed false positive...I believe that virusware tags it as bad due to FOMM's ability to manipulate other files, something virusware doesn't like.

  • EDIT - I just downloaded a copy and Kaspersky says it's clean.

@Ultroman
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Ultroman commented Jan 3, 2019

I understand that. The only reason I started a thread about it, was because none of the previous versions triggered Windows Defender, so I thought it might be something new. Also, with false positives, the virus it finds is usually named Trojan.gen or something, for "generic", which means it was found using a heuristics check or something, like you said, because of the exe's ability to alter files. It's very rare for it to identify a specific virus in these cases.

But OK, I trust Kaspersky more than Windows Defender :)

@EvilOssie
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Just FWIW - I've seen a number of people comment/complain/stuff about WinDef calling out various managers as malware, including FOMM more than once. Is there a way for you to submit a false-positive report (I have never used WinDef and have no idea about such)?

@niveuseverto
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Windows Defender currently not finding anything wrong with setup, not with fomm files.
Also Virustotal currently marks fomm setup as clean: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/500670c094bb96e02821f0c8100ed17abede0ce2f8775ff050cba90379b0b424/analysis/1546680965/

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