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Setup_makemkv 1.9.2 virus???
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:53 pm
by jeeptj5
I just attempted to upgrade to ver 1.9.2 and my Norton Security Suite says:
Category: Resolved Security Risks
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Path - Filename
4/17/2015 2:38:03 PM,Medium,setup_makemkv_v1.9.2.exe (WS.Reputation.1) detected by Download Insight,Quarantined,Resolved - No Action Required,c:\users\downloads\setup_makemkv_v1.9.2.exe
I have been using program (earlier versions) for several years with no issue. Does anybody know anything about this??? Can't upgrade.
Thanks,
Don
Re: Setup_makemkv 1.9.2 virus???
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:42 am
by Woodstock
Assuming you pulled the file from makemkv.com directly, my guess would be a false positive. It isn't the first time Norton has called MakeMKV a "risky" file. If you do a google search for "WS.Reputation.1" (use the quotes), the first hit should be a "Clarification" by Symantec about the "reputation" determination means (and doesn't mean):
WS.Reputation.1 is a detection for files that have a low reputation score based on analyzing data from Symantec’s community of users and therefore are likely to be security risks. Detections of this type are based on Symantec’s reputation-based security technology. Because this detection is based on a reputation score, it does not represent a specific class of threat like adware or spyware, but instead applies to all threat categories.
The reputation-based system uses "the wisdom of crowds" (Symantec’s tens of millions of end users) connected to cloud-based intelligence to compute a reputation score for an application, and in the process identify malicious software in an entirely new way beyond traditional signatures and behavior-based detection techniques.
For what it is worth, AVG does not trigger on the EXE file from makemkv.com.
Re: Setup_makemkv 1.9.2 virus???
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:16 pm
by RichardC
A scan with Bitdefender reports, "No infected items have been detected".
Re: Setup_makemkv 1.9.2 virus???
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:49 am
by makememe
never issues with the makemkv setup file, and I use kaspersky set to deep scan. I have used kaspersky long before I discovered makemkv, so when I say never I mean numerous iterations have been scanned.