Re: gtkada flagged as a trojan by Kaspersky

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

On 31/07/2021 14:37, Chris Townley wrote:
> 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...
> 
Kaspersky replied:

> Dear customer, 
> 
> Thank you for your continued support. I apologize for my late response.
> 
> We've just received a reply from our Virus Analysts with the following information.
> 
> We like to apologize for the false detection, the fix is deployed on the next database update.
> 
> Thank you for your help and stay safe!
>  

Nice to hear, and a quick fix - great service from them

-- 
Chris