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RichE

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Registered: 2021-02-13

Posts: 2

AVG free quarantining iso sites/downloads

Trying to download current iso files.  AVG free antivirus keeps flagging and quarantining and blocking the downloads  Tried the US ibiblio(?) site, same thing when I tried to download any of the ISOs.  Please see screen shots.

Are these files really infected, or is AVG mishandling them?  Thanks.

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shann

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Registered: 2011-04-01

Posts: 1,296

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Re: AVG free quarantining iso sites/downloads

Hi RichE,

I download slitaz-rolling.iso from ibiblio.org mirror, scan with Kaspersky cloud 21.2.16, no virus find, same for slitaz-cooking.iso.

I check-in for mirror.slitaz.org for slitaz-4.0.iso, slitaz-rolling-core-5in1.iso and slitaz-rolling.iso seem good also.

Maybe false positive about plop.exe, memtest.exe, ipxe.exe, linld.com present in rolling iso.

Best regards

RichE

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Registered: 2021-02-13

Posts: 2

Re: AVG free quarantining iso sites/downloads

Hmmmm, interesting.  According to Virustotal.com, several engines flag this, but most do not.

I'll ask AVG about it.

Details from virustotal.com here if interested.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/35ce355b6feffc604eddd5e045645a5dfbb3da487c5fd7a649de8dd67704d462/detection

marcelocripe

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Registered: 2020-05-19

Posts: 40

Re: AVG free quarantining iso sites/downloads

RichE, there's something else ...

When you are preparing the bootable USB stick with SliTaz ISO, disable AVG, otherwise it will damage the pendrive preparation process and will not start SliTaz.

It is not only with SliTaz that AVG identifies suspicious files, in other Linux distributions the same is true.

Shann, thanks for checking the ISOs and for scanning with another antivirus. I scanned with Symantec and does not detect suspicious files or viruses in the ISOs: slitaz-rolling.iso (http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/rolling/slitaz-rolling.iso) and slitaz-rolling-core64.iso (http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/rolling/slitaz-rolling-core64.iso) downloaded on 02-23-2021.

marcelocripe

Original text in Brazilian Portuguese, translated into English with an internet translator.

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RichE, tem outra coisa ...

Quando você for preparar o pendrive inicializável com a ISO do SliTaz, desative o AVG, caso contrário ele danificará o processo de preparação do pendrive e não inicializará o SliTaz.

Não é só com o SliTaz que o AVG identifica arquivos suspeitos, em outras distribuições Linux ocorre o mesmo.

Shann, obrigado por verificar as ISOs e por escanear com outro antivírus. Eu escaneei com o Symantec e não detecta arquivos suspeitos ou vírus nas ISOs: slitaz-rolling.iso (http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/rolling/slitaz-rolling.iso) e slitaz-rolling-core64.iso (http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/rolling/slitaz-rolling-core64.iso) baixadas no dia 23-02-2021.

marcelocripe

Texto original em idioma português do Brasil, traduzido para o idioma inglês com um tradutor da internet.