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AnonBBQ Guest

WinSCP 5.7.6 and virus detected

2015-11-07 02:41

Symantec has found WinSCP.com to be infected with Infostealer.Limitail. False positive?

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Mr_Generic Guest

Re: WinSCP 5.7.6 and virus detected

2015-11-07 03:43

I also saw the same problem.

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Symantec has found WinSCP.com to be infected with Infostealer.Limitail. False positive?

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Mr_Generic Guest

Re: WinSCP 5.7.6 and virus detected

2015-11-07 03:47

5.7.5 also installs "WinSCP.com" but Symantec doesn't complain about it in that version. I'm downgrading to 5.7.5 until this issue is resolved or explained. I recommend everyone else do the same.

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Symantec has found WinSCP.com to be infected with Infostealer.Limitail. False positive?

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: WinSCP 5.7.6 and virus detected

2015-11-09

Thanks for your report. I have submitted a false positive report to Symantec.

There's no difference between winscp.com in 5.7.5 and 5.7.6.

Did you verify checksums of the downloaded file?
https://winscp.net/download/winscp576readme.txt

See also https://winscp.net/tracker/530

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: WinSCP 5.7.6 and virus detected

2015-11-10

The response from Symantec:

In relation to submission:

Upon further analysis and investigation we have verified your submission and, as such, the detection(s) for the following file(s) will be removed from our products:

07C97FEC5E51675F7957608674AA5EA2 - WinSCP.com

The updated detection(s) will be distributed in the next set of virus definitions, available via LiveUpdate or from our website at https://www.broadcom.com/support/security-center/definitions

Please note that whitelisting can take up to 24 hours to take effect.

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