Wallet Issues Windows AntiVirus

One-time Fix Option

💡 The idea is to use an online scan tool to find false positive detections and white-list a new version of the file(s) before publishing.

High level process

1. Scan the new file version with VirusTotal https://www.virustotal.com/en/
2. For every detection submit a "false positive report" to the anti-virus vendor
3. Update vendor info for future reference

❗ This process takes time and not all vendors have a good option for submitting

Detailed results for "Obsidan-Qt for Windows, v1.0.0.6"

Engine	Scan Results	Action Taken	White-listed
AegisLab	Troj.W32.Ircbot!c	📧 support@aegislab.com	❌
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Gen.Generic.C2129630	📧 v3sos@ahnlab.com	✅
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.IRCbot	📧 viruslab@quickheal.com	❌
eGambit	malicious_confidence_93%	🔗 False Positive Request	❌
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.IRCBot	📧 probe@ikarus.at	✅
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.IRCbot.awlu	🔗 Virus Desk	✅
McAfee	Artemis!85A1A0055D26	🔗 Artemis Discussion	✅
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis	🔗 Artemis Discussion	✅
Symantec	WS.Reputation.1	🔗 Report False Positive	✅
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Ircbot.Ebgr	N/A	❌
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0903	🔗 Re-Classify Request	✅
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.IRCbot.awlu	🔗 Virus Desk	✅

Additional Resources

https://www.virustotal.com/en/about/credits/
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-report-malware-or-false-positives-multiple-antivirus-vendors.htm
https://www.opswat.com/blog/what-do-i-do-if-engine-detects-my-safe-file-threat

Long Term Solution

1. Obsidian Developers can register with major antivirus vendors to avoid false positive detections.

https://usa.kaspersky.com/partners/whitelist-program
https://www.avg.com/en-us/whitelist

2. Request additional info about VirusTotal Monitor https://www.virustotal.com/en/about/contact/

VirusTotal does offer a premium file detection monitoring service (VirusTotal Monitor) that acts as an early warning system about false positives. Files submitted to your premium account are periodically scanned with antivirus' latest signature sets, informing you immediately whenever any product flags any of your files as malicious. Should you be interested in receiving more information on this service do not hesitate to contact us.

How the Community:rocket: can help

Many Antivirus vendors offer better false positive submission options to their customers.
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