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'''Bolded entries are still detected by the AV!'''
'''Bolded entries are still detected by the AV!'''
# '''McAfee VirusScan - Oct 26, 2007'''
# '''McAfee VirusScan (DAT Version 5150) - Oct 26, 2007'''
# AVG Antivirus - Oct 8, 2007
# AVG Antivirus - Oct 8, 2007
# AVG Antivirus - Oct 8, 2007
# AVG Antivirus - Oct 8, 2007

Revision as of 10:21, 29 October 2007

There are hundreds of false positive made with NSIS. This page contains a list of some of them.

NSIS False Positives

This information is collected from NSIS forum, simply by searching for "virus". Now updated on a regular basis!

Bolded entries are still detected by the AV!

  1. McAfee VirusScan (DAT Version 5150) - Oct 26, 2007
  2. AVG Antivirus - Oct 8, 2007
  3. AVG Antivirus - Oct 8, 2007
  4. Trend Micro OfficeScan - Sep 21, 2007
  5. Sophos - Aug 18, 2007
  6. Norton - Jul 17, 2007
  7. AntiVir Guard - Jun 27, 2007
  8. AVG Antivirus - Dec 7, 2006
  9. NOD32 - Nov 14, 2006
  10. F-PROT - Sep 21, 2006
  11. F-Secure - Sep 13, 2006
  12. Kaspersky - Sep 13, 2006
  13. Norman - Sep 11, 2006
  14. AVG Antivirus - Sep 11, 2006
  15. Fortinet - Jul 3, 2006
  16. AntiVir - Jul 1, 2006
  17. Norton & Symantec - Jul 1, 2006
  18. Kaspersky - Jun 21, 2006
  19. BitDefender - Jun 13, 2006
  20. OneCare - Jun 07, 2006
  21. AVG Antivirus - Jun 06, 2006
  22. Norton - May 20, 2006
  23. AntiVir - Feb 22, 2006
  24. Ad-Aware - Nov 22, 2005
  25. Mcafee - Nov 16, 2005
  26. AntiVir - Oct 12, 2005
  27. ArcaVir - Aug 21, 2005
  28. MS Antispyware - Aug 09, 2005
  29. MS Antispyware - Jul 26, 2005
  30. AVG Antivirus - Jul 10, 2005
  31. MS Antispyware - May 18, 2005
  32. MS Antispyware - Apr 22, 2005
  33. AVG Antivirus - Apr 21, 2005
  34. MS Antispyware - Mar 01, 2005
  35. PCCillin - Sep 17, 2004
  36. BitDefender - Aug 29, 2004
  37. Mcafee - Aug 26, 2004
  38. Sophos AV - Aug 16, 2004
  39. Norton - Aug 09, 2004
  40. Mcafee - Mar 11, 2004
  41. Norton - Feb 24, 2004


False Positive By Anti-Malware programs

  • MS Antispyware: 5
  • Norton: 4
  • AVG Spyware: 5
  • AntiVir: 3
  • Mcafee: 3
  • Kaspersky: 2
  • BitDefender: 2
  • F-PROT: 1
  • F-Secure: 1
  • Norman: 1
  • Ad-Aware: 1
  • ArcaVir: 1
  • Fortinet: 1
  • OneCare: 1
  • PCCillin: 1
  • Sophos: 1
  • Total False Positives: 33

Online Virus Scanners

Here is a list of free online virus scanners useful to check NSIS installers and stubs for false positives: