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Virus in Rockbox Utility 1.2.8 Installer

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marthirial:
The following threat has been detected inside the Utility Installer: Hoax.Win32.ArchSMS.iyq

The archive is located at http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/win32/rockboxutility-v1.2.8.zip

More information about the threat here:
http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=288390c98f3394b6fd144acf249b0233

saratoga:
That report dates back to a file from before the current rbutil was released, so its probably just crappy antivirus software getting confused.

marthirial:
The crappy antivirus in question is Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 AND Microsoft Security Essentials.

Chronon:
What is your point?  They are both susceptible to either missing actual threats or misidentifying benign files as false positives.  You can inspect the source code for yourself, so please point out the virus in the code.

marthirial:
My point is that as a community-driven application, it is my part to inform about things that could be looked upon by the developers, in this case, even if it is a false positive, why is there a false positive in an installation package.

Calling an antivirus crappy for doing its job as solution to a somewhat serious issue only diminishes even more the confidence that this website or the software is not compromised, as it shows an attitude of inflexibility.

I wish I had the time or the knowledge to dissect and analyze the files but I don't, so I guess I just need to apologize for bringing this to attention.

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