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Elliot Alderson2019-04-27 13:06:34
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Elliot Alderson, 2019-04-27 13:06:34

Can unknown antiviruses be trusted when checking for VirusTotal?

Hello everybody!
Recently I decided to download Minecraft, don’t ask why, but when checking the MinecraftInstaller.msi file on VirusTotal, a couple of antiviruses unknown to me, and probably to many, too, showed that there are trojans in this file. The same goes for MinecraftLauncher.exe.
All files downloaded from site.
So should these threats be taken seriously?

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Ezhyg, 2019-04-27
@h1tech

This is the so-called. false positive. And now only one antivirus. Moreover, "unknown".

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Ronald McDonald, 2019-04-27
@Zoominger

So should these threats be taken seriously?

No, it doesn `t need.
A couple of false positives is normal.

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Artem @Jump, 2019-04-27
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You just need to understand how antiviruses work.
In this case, there is a check for signatures - the code matches the virus signatures entered in the database.
A coincidence doesn't necessarily mean it's a virus - it could just be similar code.
A mismatch does not mean that there are no viruses - not all of them are in the database.

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