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The download gave a trojan virus #387

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CoolDude562 opened this issue Jan 16, 2021 · 4 comments
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The download gave a trojan virus #387

CoolDude562 opened this issue Jan 16, 2021 · 4 comments
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@CoolDude562
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This is a serious virus that can cause massive harm to the victim. Download Sandboxie at your own risk. If I were you I wouldn't download it at all.

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pingogeek commented Jan 16, 2021

Where did you download from? Close issue if not from official source

@isaak654
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@CoolDude562 It doesn't really mean anything if you don't describe what you did exactly.

@DavidXanatos
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Consult virus total, and keep in mind that stuff that has < ~15 detections normally is harmless and just the detection is bogus.

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isaak654 commented Jan 16, 2021

Consult virus total, and keep in mind that stuff that has < ~15 detections normally is harmless and just the detection is bogus.

I agree, this is a clear example of false positive:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/91cc7e28c188ca7d29215be9561f11ebdcb8bf50e603b9253ad5a7b2652d8b48/detection

In this case only three AVs detect SbieSvc.exe incorrectly as malware.

You can always get in touch with Microsoft (or other AVs brands) to fix their issue and anyone could do that:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/filesubmission/

Anyone having doubts about the nature of this software should read this discussion too:
What does Sandboxie-Plus to protect users on a technical level?

@isaak654 isaak654 added the false positive False security alerts from third-party companies label Jun 18, 2023
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