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Issue 530 – WinSCP detected as trojan/virus

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Last modified: 2022-07-07 20:04
2010-01-06 02:33
WinSCP or rather its installer are occasionally reported as being infected by a virus by some anti-virus applications. In all cases so far, it was false positive and some of the later virus database updates resolved this.

This "bug" is meant to be a list of all the known occurrences, users may check their alarms against.
2010-01-06 02:34
Most usually, the setup application is reported to be "generic trojan".
2010-01-06 02:34
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Version 9.0.0.736
Database Version: 1/4/2010
PDM.Trojan.Generic
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7856
2010-01-11 02:53
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7884
2010-03-08 03:16
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8162
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8163
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8164
2010-07-21 08:12
Kaspersky
PDM.Trojan.generic
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8659
2010-07-30 14:41
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8692
WinSCP 4.2.8
Comodo Antivirus
Heur.Suspicious@113873906
2011-02-25 12:49
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=34099#34099
Kapersky Internet Security 2011
WinSCP 4.3.2
PDM.Trojan.generic
2012-10-01 10:28
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11650
Sophos
HIPS/RegMod-014
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/suspicious-behavior-and-files/HIPS~RegMod-014
2013-02-25 11:29
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12189
Sophos Antivirus: suspicious behavior
2013-11-25 08:37
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13097
VIPRE 2.107.0.0
Trojan
2014-10-07 10:42
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14399
AVG EID_pe_iscorrupted
WinSCP 5.5.5
2015-11-09 10:30
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22241
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22242
WinsCP 5.7.6
Symantec
Infostealer.Limitail
2016-03-07 09:33
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=68532#68532
WinSCP 5.7.6
AegisLab Infostealer.Limitail.Gen!c
2018-06-26 13:26
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26482
WinSCP 5.13.3
McAfee
2019-02-22 11:05
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27402
5.14.4 RC
CrowdStrike Falcon (ML) win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
2019-11-29 11:50
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28537
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28543
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28552
WinSCP 5.15.7
Windows Defender SmartScreen
https://security.stackexchange.com/q/222140/43677
Issue 1812
2020-02-07 14:01
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28836
WinSCP 5.15.9
Yomi Hunter
2021-01-28 10:19
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30461
WinSCP 5.17.10
Symantec Endpoint
WS.Reputation.1
2022-07-07 19:51
Malwarebytes
Malware.AI.2800691632
WinSCP 5.21.1
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/288225-false-positive-winscp-5211-setupexe/
Emails with Don Wiss
2022-07-07 20:04
Related tracking of PuTTY detections:
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/false-positive-malware.html

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