Installer Trojan? False Positive?

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  1. Magelo

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    I scanned the installer at Virustotal.com and it has 1 out of 66 showing VBA32 telling us there is a Trojan.Agent in the installer.
     
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    IF you downloaded the installer direct from THIS website, you are probably good. Might want to make sure your virus scanner and definitions are all up to date.
     
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    Most likely it is doing what quite a few antivirus programs have done in the past, and misidentifying the installer setting up the 'file sharing' or 'torrent' style of client distribution as some form of trojan. As mentioned, most fully updated virus checkers understand it properly, but sometimes it's triggered alerts to slightly oversensitive security software. If you wish, go ahead and scan it with a couple more security programs to reassure yourself, but I am pretty sure if you downloaded from the SotA site, it's fine.
     
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    this is a false positive which some not good virus programs or scammers use to frighten people into buying there antivirus protection. I have just scanned the file using ESET antivirus a virus program that has achieved a VB 100 rating for over ten years this award tests virus companies for viruses detection and if they pick up false positives.
     
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    Big fan of ESET/NOD32 as well here!

    Also -- 1 out of 66 scanning engines picking up something at Virustotal shouldn't be too alarming.
     
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