Guys, if I may, that's the binary file (Pidgin-2.10.11.exe) that was downloaded that seems to get blocked (in fact, local detection of malicious files by browser itself).
Here is an example of such an alert with a Chrome derivative browser (Dragon): [image: Images intégrées 1] Despite my efforts, I could not reproduce any scenario where this was the download URL that was blocked, therefore I believe this is a file-based detection. Now if you really look at VirusTotal, the Pidgin installer is not supposed to be fully clean: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/2a2c58cba5f9360f5f48cc59ccb5e1f82d59c3cc87a52648e9bd45b3968e10e3/analysis/ - Rising AV repots it as PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.141A9A33!337287731 - Clam AV detects it as PUA - Symantec reputation reports a suspicious.insight This might be due to a detection of screen capture capability (look at Zemana results), but can't be sure right now, just thinking out loud. Anyway, I would try to report this to Google, as a potential FP. My 2 cents, 2015-02-24 20:03 GMT+01:00 Ethan Blanton <e...@pidgin.im>: > Bogdan Harjoc spake unto us the following wisdom: > > Tried to get pidgin-2.10.11 for windows from pidgin.im, and after the 5 > > second delay on sourceforge, was greeted by a red page in chrome, saying > > the site was blacklisted. I downloaded the file anyway and chrome deleted > > it after the download completed, calling the .exe 'malicious' as well. > > > > Virustotal says the file is clean ( > > 2a2c58cba5f9360f5f48cc59ccb5e1f82d59c3cc87a52648e9bd45b3968e10e3 > > ), maybe someone at google should be politely asked to drop > sourceforge.net > > from their blacklist ? > > This is probably due to a recent, well-known bogus DMCA takedown > notice. I expect the courts will straighten it out for us. > > Ethan > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > -- Philippe Vialle
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