How to indentify false positives (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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So, I tried to install lidarr on my windows machine via the exe on the website, but my antivirus flagged it immediately. I am sure i could just work around this by disabling the antivirus for a bit or by composing it manually, but for all I know maybe someone inserted some malicious code. Is this an issue y'all have noticed? How can I tell if this is actually malicious?

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[-] m4a@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thanks for the diagnostic tools! According to the tools, the software is probably safe, so I guess I'm gonna be trying disabling the antivirus while I install and hoping that avoids the problem. I'll keep those tools bookmarked for future use.

I personally find it funny that when I ran it through VirusTotal, there were only four antivirus vendors that marked it as malware, and the only two I have ever used were among them. It feels nice seeing my antiviruses being as paranoid as I think an antivirus should be.

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