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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon balena-io

Malwarebytes is flagging balenaetcher as malware

Open nascentt opened this issue 1 year ago • 5 comments

  • Etcher version:1.18.13.0
  • Operating system and architecture:Windows 10
  • Image flashed:
  • What do you think should have happened:
  • What happened:malwarebytes is flagging balena etcher as malware 'Malware.AI.3253061021'
  • Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

nascentt avatar Jan 21 '24 12:01 nascentt

Same here. Both quarantined. Screenshot 2024-01-21 at 16 19 46

Link from Malwarebytes report Malware.AI.3253061021

pelicanmedia avatar Jan 21 '24 16:01 pelicanmedia

Looks like false positive found by their AI system.

Can you check if it also happens with 1.19.3 (pre-release)?

aethernet avatar Jan 23 '24 09:01 aethernet

There is no virus warning after a new scan, but I get the below when installing 1.19.3... Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 10 09 22

pelicanmedia avatar Jan 24 '24 12:01 pelicanmedia

I have been able to reproduced. This is actually a bug in the installer and not in etcher itself. If you let it go, it will eventually install and launch etcher.

I'm currently trying to find the cause.

aethernet avatar Jan 26 '24 12:01 aethernet

The application made my 2 flash drives as write-protected and I cannot format them.

Olman62 avatar Apr 07 '24 12:04 Olman62