I'm running Avast and it always gets flagged. The Avast software uploads the file for analysis and then reports it as okay.
Cheers, Gary TRA/NAR L3 - WA7GL On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 4:29 PM David Andreatta <dandre...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Howdy, all; > > I have 3 TeleMegas; 1 version 3.0 and 2 version 4.0, a TeleBT, and AltOS / > AltosDroid on a couple of PCs and Android phones. Preparing for some > flights in May, I thought it would be a good idea to get everything updated > to the latest appropriate software / firmware version. > > While attempting to download the AltOS version 1.9.10 Windows Installer, I > got a flag from my security software indicating malware detection. I > downloaded it anyway so that I could submit it to further scanning such as > VirusTotal online. As of the writing of this email, VirusTotal reports "22 > security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious". I get > similar results, though less on older versions, all the way back to version > 1.9.6 which still has 5 reports v.s. 22. > > Now, I understand that many of these reporters MAY be "paranoia mongers", > i.e. they'll report any software which doesn't have a billion daily users > as being malware. ;-( However, there are still some big names in those 22 > reporters like AVG, McAfee, Symantec, TrendMicro, Avast, BitDefender, and > Kaspersky. > > To be clear, I have NO expectation that Bdale and Keith would be > introducing malware! This is all likely just a false positive. I suppose > it's possible a storage server could have been hacked, etc., but I'm mostly > flagging this so that the developers can have a look to make sure > everything is still ok. And, also, if perhaps other users may have seen > similar issues and have concerns, etc. > > I'd appreciate any insight. As always, thanks for your consideration. > > Clear Skies, > > Dave Andreatta > > TRA #19131 > WD0HXN > Erie, CO > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list -- altusmetrum@lists.gag.com > To unsubscribe send an email to altusmetrum-le...@lists.gag.com >
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