NSIS False Positives

There are hundreds of installers 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!

• Kaspersky - Sep 13, 2006
• Norman - Sep 11, 2006 (Detects NSIS stub file bzip2 as W32/QQHelper.RP)
• AVG Antivirus - Sep 11, 2006
• Fortinet - Jul 3, 2006
• AntiVir - Jul 1, 2006
• Norton & Symantec - Jul 1, 2006
• Kaspersky - Jun 21, 2006
• BitDefender - Jun 13, 2006
• OneCare - Jun 07, 2006
• AVG Antivirus - Jun 06, 2006
• Norton - May 20, 2006
• AntiVir - Feb 22, 2006
• Ad-Aware - Nov 22, 2005
• Mcafee - Nov 16, 2005
• AntiVir - Oct 12, 2005
• ArcaVir - Aug 21, 2005
• MS Antispyware - Aug 09, 2005
• MS Antispyware - Jul 26, 2005
• AVG Antivirus - Jul 10, 2005
• MS Antispyware - May 18, 2005
• MS Antispyware - Apr 22, 2005
• AVG Antivirus - Apr 21, 2005
• MS Antispyware - Mar 01, 2005
• PCCillin - Sep 17, 2004
• BitDefender - Aug 29, 2004
• Mcafee - Aug 26, 2004
• Sophos AV - Aug 16, 2004
• Norton - Aug 09, 2004
• Mcafee - Mar 11, 2004
• Norton - Feb 24, 2004

False Positive By Anti-Malware programs

• MS Antispyware: 5
• Norton: 4
• AVG Antivirus: 4
• AntiVir: 3
• Mcafee: 3
• Kaspersky: 2
• BitDefender: 2
• Norman: 1
• Ad-Aware: 1
• ArcaVir: 1
• Fortinet: 1
• OneCare: 1
• PCCillin: 1
• Sophos: 1
• Total False Positives: 30

Online Virus Scanners

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

• Jotti's malware scan (15 engines)
• Virustotal (28 engines)
• Dr. Web
• Fortinet
• Kaspersky
• Norman