Re: gtkada flagged as a trojan by Kaspersky

[Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk>]

On 31/07/2021 10:21, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2021-07-30 22:05, Chris Townley wrote:
>> Just tried to download gnat-1021 and gtkada-2021 for Win64, but 
>> Kaspersky just deletes it with the following report:
>>
>> Event: Malicious object detected
>> User: GONDOLIN\chris
>> User type: Active user
>> Application name: chrome.exe
>> Application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application
>> Component: File Anti-Virus
>> Result description: Detected
>> Type: Trojan
>> Name: UDS:Trojan.Win32.Generic
>> Precision: Exactly
>> Threat level: High
>> Object type: File
>> Object name: gtkada-2021-x86_64-windows64-bin.exe
>> Object path: V:\WInusr\chris\downloads
>> MD5: D60E573005450391B12CAB1966F89703
>> Reason: Cloud Protection#
>>
>> Has anyone seen this - is it a Kaspersky issue, or has it been 
>> compromised?
> 
> Not this, but my installer packed by INNO Setup were falsely flagged by 
> some antivirus. So possibly, it is just self-extracting mechanics that 
> triggers false alarm.
> 
> I am PC anti-vaxxer (:-)), but if you are paranoid, create a Windows 
> virtual machine and install GNAT and then GtkAda there. Copy C:\GtkAda 
> to your working machine, scan it for viruses. That would effectively 
> install it without running the installer.
> 

Thanks - that is an option. I suppose I could build from source, but not 
sure about my ability! Might give that a try.

I think I will get onto Kaspersky first - see what they say...

-- 
Chris