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Virus warning with 2021.06.12 BiblioteQ.exe.

Open coldacid opened this issue 3 years ago • 9 comments

MaxSecure flags the latest version of BiblioteQ as trojan malware, Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen. It's very likely to be a false positive, but figured it would be good to let you know.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ee403cfe7854148ffed2d6a76b820c389d887418971d32d8976377a23fc68f16/detection

coldacid avatar Jun 14 '21 17:06 coldacid

Aha, you found us!

textbrowser avatar Jun 14 '21 18:06 textbrowser

The best solution is for people to build it from source. On Mac, it's simple. I think it'll build with Homebrew's Qt.

textbrowser avatar Jun 14 '21 18:06 textbrowser

Even on Windows it's simple: mingw32-make followed by mingw32-make install.

textbrowser avatar Jun 14 '21 18:06 textbrowser

I strongly disagree with building from source for Windows and Mac users, for several reasons:

  • Most Windows and Mac users are not programmers nor do they have any development toolchain installed on their computers
  • Qt now prevents downloading their Windows SDK unless you provide them with a bunch of personally identifiable identification to create an account for their download site. It's probably the same for the Mac SDK.

Even for Linux, the number of people who are just users and not also developers has been increasing. However for Windows and Mac users we've always been a small minority, and the vast majority of users want a package they can install and have the app "just work".

coldacid avatar Jun 14 '21 18:06 coldacid

Qt requires an e-mail account.

textbrowser avatar Jun 14 '21 18:06 textbrowser

On Mac, you don't need an account to install Homebrew's Qt. Once brew is installed: brew install qt. So on. Although you may be correct with Xcode. Everyone wants packages. It's sad.

textbrowser avatar Jun 14 '21 18:06 textbrowser

And thank you for reporting this. :)

textbrowser avatar Jun 17 '21 16:06 textbrowser

Most Windows and Mac users are not programmers The vast majority of users want a package they can install and have the app "just work".

You don't have to use this software. The are many proprietary solutions tailored just for you.

bulvara avatar Jun 13 '22 15:06 bulvara

You're too reasonable. Are you a robot?

textbrowser avatar Jun 13 '22 16:06 textbrowser

Closing.

textbrowser avatar Oct 18 '22 14:10 textbrowser

The latest BiblioteQ.exe file is also flagged by the site.

textbrowser avatar Oct 18 '22 14:10 textbrowser