False positive for some anti virus programs

[pbanj]

original info below, new info : #213 (comment)

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This isn't really a issue but more of a heads up to users.

some anti virus programs have started to report what is known as a false positive for the maxmix.exe, updater.exe, and firmwareinstaller.exe. so while your anti virus may be saying it is a virus it is not. if you are still doubting the file/s you can check the files by uploading them to virustotal.

virus total for maxmix.exe

virus total for updater.exe

virus total for firmwareinstaller.exe

the devs are aware of it and there doesn't seem to be much they can do about it

you can learn more about what a false positive is at these links:

https://www.howtogeek.com/180162/how-to-tell-if-a-virus-is-actually-a-false-positive/

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2017/09/explained-false-positives/

https://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/security/false-positives-what-are-they/

[edyman01]

BitDefender seems to be the most stubborn. after adding maxmix.exe and updater.exe to exceptions + reinstalling the program everything is ok.

[pearson]

I tested this by unpacking the current .msi using 7zip, re-zipping it with 7zip, and uploading that zip to VirusTotal. The result was one detection from BitDefenderTheta.

What is worth noticing is the data in the "relations" tab. It shows that the detections are within MaxMix.exe, DriverInstaller.exe, and FirmwareInstaller.exe. These results are different from those shown in @pbanj's original post, but then the hashes show these files to be different from what @pbanj submitted.

It might be worth contacting the developers of BitDefenderTheta to get more information on why their software is triggering on these files. Having a clean VirusTotal scan is a good public relations move, if nothing else.

[pearson]

An even more amusing Microsoft Resolution is at this link.

It not only says that the antivirus detection is "not a bug", it also says "that antivirus has a false positive". /facepalm

[shinseiryu]

Windows Defender also quarantining the program due to false positives.

[pbanj]

since it's been a while i told virus total to rerun the scans. seems bitdefender and ms defender aren't bitching about it anymore. is this still a problem for anyone?

[pbanj]

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2db81bb245fd6fdf240a4300388f8b84d2a05b477f4497d7377e6ccda448f3f9/detection

This is of the pre-release version. I'm gonna leave this open until full release.