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Virus in Rockbox Utility 1.2.8 Installer

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torne:
Antivirus software *is* crappy. The job it does is a crappy job that cannot be done well and is best not done at all. So, yes, most developers are likely to be dismissive of AV false positives.

gevaerts:

--- Quote from: marthirial on October 01, 2010, 10:53:35 AM ---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.

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Have you reported this to the people who are actually responsible for this issue, i.e. Kaspersky and Microsoft?

saratoga:
I like the description of the "threat":

"Downloads/requests other files from Internet."

Yes, I would think the tool for downloading rockbox from the internet probably does at some point download a file from the internet! 

Probably just some lazy AV vendors flagging a generic bit of code for downloading files as "virus like" without bothering to check if that bit of code is used in more then just malware. 

marthirial:
Well well... seems like the file has or was pulled from download. 

That's more constructive than talking platitudes about the reliability of antivirus software.

VirusTotal is reporting 3/47 results:

http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=2f55445e74027eadc75152ad2286dc9ee0d4f1bd0b2395993857436eb3405272-1285949421

Llorean:
http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/win32/RockboxUtility-v1.2.8.zip seems to still be there.

Basically it looks like there's something about this file that makes it "suspicious" without actually having anything wrong with it.

"Programs classified as Hoax do not directly inflict any damage on the victim computer. They do send messages saying that damage has been done or will be done, or warn the user of a threat that does not actually exist. These “bad jokes” include programs that frighten users with messages about reformatting their disk (although no formatting is actually taking place), and display messages typical of viruses, etc. depending on the program author’s “sense of humor”."

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