A virus was detected in unins000.exe Why does this happen? Is Freefilesync safe?
Alyac detected a Trojan virus in the Freefilesync installer and unins000.exe. Why does this problem occur?
A virus was detected in unins000.exe
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False positive
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Even if I try to reinstall freefilesync, the antivirus program blocks it. Will this be resolved in freefilesync version 13.6?
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Probably not, as your AV probably just sees it as "unknown" or "unpopular"
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"Probably not, as your AV probably just sees it as "unknown" or "unpopular" xCSxXenon, 10 May 2024, 15:25
Hello, this is Alyac Support.
First of all, we apologize for the inconvenience.
The item you requested has been confirmed as a false positive and has been removed,
Please click [UPDATE] on the bottom right corner of <Pill>, update the latest version, and check the detection status again
and check again for detection.
For your information, most antiviruses use certain 'rules' in their behavior to detect unknown malware.
by applying certain 'rules' to the behavior of the program itself.
This can sometimes result in legitimate programs that have a similar structure to malware being falsely detected as malicious by the
malicious programs are sometimes falsely detected as malicious by the 'rules'.
* Our program is being detected by the pill without any problems.
For more information, please visit: https://www.estsecurity.com/public/support/faq/view/93
We apologize again for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Thank you.
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Inquiry : This is a report of a suspected misdiagnosis file.
Detection name : Trojan.GenericKD.72648187,
Detected file : 16146313.aqi
DE07AF8475D40023F5D54A8D9C72764537AFB3DB83C6228AC002A8B624B61E30.ayq
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Program source: https://freefilesync.org/download.php
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I received a reply from AV and the issue was resolved.