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Windows Security flags 2.5 release as "Trojan:Win32/Emali.A!cl" #2356
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edit: This is URL scanning which VirusTotal treats differently to file scanning. Uploading |
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Discussion continued at #2357 because the discussion here was locked. |
My Win10 machine is giving me the same anti-virus warning now (it wasn't when I originally downloaded the file, maybe because I put it on The good news is that it's only a false positive (VirusTotal is reliable, they show that only Microsoft's lower-tier AV flagged us). The bad news is that it's annoying for users and makes us look bad. edit: For the record, OP should never have opened this issue (disregarding their later spam which is obviously unhelpful). Issues regarding security should be privately sent to a developer, preferably adelikat as in our security policy. I'd wager most open-source software devs would prefer an email over a bug report for security issues/disclosures. On GitHub, click "Security" at the top of any page on any repo to see if they've got a security policy. |
Yep, it got quarantined for me on Windows 8.1 with the same error message. |
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I've run 2.5.1 through the same check and it appears unaffected: |
Bizhawk 2.50 virus!
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