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| Additionally virustotal.com helps to get an overview about the results from other scanners in the past it was mostly just 1-5 Scanners that found (often times different) signatures. If your Scanner is one of the outliers this is a good indicator that it is indeed a False Positive. | Additionally [[http://virustotal.com | VirusTotal]] can help to get an overview about the results from other scanners. In the past it was mostly just 1-5 Scanners that found (often times different) signatures. If your Scanner is one of the outliers this is a good indicator that it is indeed a False Positive. |
False Positives from Anti Virus Software
It happens regularly that one or more Virus scanners detect Virus / Malware signatures in Gpg4win.
If your Anti Virus Software claims that Gpg4win contains a Malware signature you should:
- Verify the integrity of the downloaded file (to ensure that it was manipulated on transfer)
- Notify the publisher of your Anti Virus Software that you think this might be a False Positive.
Additionally VirusTotal can help to get an overview about the results from other scanners. In the past it was mostly just 1-5 Scanners that found (often times different) signatures. If your Scanner is one of the outliers this is a good indicator that it is indeed a False Positive.