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'''Bolded entries are still detected by the AV!'''
'''Bolded entries are still detected by the AV!'''
# '''Symantec 2011''' - Sep 26, 2011 (see Virustotal results from [http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=4e83ec0eea9ad15ab6a233ce56d2d61f436db03fd461e937b1c27ab96f14f34c-1317010793 Sep 26, 2011])
# '''AntiVir''' - Sep 26, 2011 (see Virustotal results from [http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=4e83ec0eea9ad15ab6a233ce56d2d61f436db03fd461e937b1c27ab96f14f34c-1317010793 Sep 26, 2011])
# '''AntiVir''' - Sep 26, 2011 (see Virustotal results from [http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=4e83ec0eea9ad15ab6a233ce56d2d61f436db03fd461e937b1c27ab96f14f34c-1317010793 Sep 26, 2011])
# Symantec 2011 - Sep 26, 2011 (see Virustotal results from [http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=4e83ec0eea9ad15ab6a233ce56d2d61f436db03fd461e937b1c27ab96f14f34c-1317010793 Sep 26, 2011]). Fixed on [http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=4e83ec0eea9ad15ab6a233ce56d2d61f436db03fd461e937b1c27ab96f14f34c-1317184605 Sep 29, 2011]
# Sunbelt - Dec 9, 2009 (see Virustotal results from [http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/786b5087c0a506007d634cda09045b5ffb52897dccd9f47861bf2b7595a6e24d-1260395329 Dec 9, 2009], [http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/786b5087c0a506007d634cda09045b5ffb52897dccd9f47861bf2b7595a6e24d-1261471025 Dec 22, 2009])
# Sunbelt - Dec 9, 2009 (see Virustotal results from [http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/786b5087c0a506007d634cda09045b5ffb52897dccd9f47861bf2b7595a6e24d-1260395329 Dec 9, 2009], [http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/786b5087c0a506007d634cda09045b5ffb52897dccd9f47861bf2b7595a6e24d-1261471025 Dec 22, 2009])
# '''McAfee VirusScan''' (DAT Version 5797) - Nov 9, 2009
# '''McAfee VirusScan''' (DAT Version 5797) - Nov 9, 2009

Revision as of 05:00, 28 September 2011

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

NSIS Virus Checker 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. AntiVir - Sep 26, 2011 (see Virustotal results from Sep 26, 2011)
  2. Symantec 2011 - Sep 26, 2011 (see Virustotal results from Sep 26, 2011). Fixed on Sep 29, 2011
  3. Sunbelt - Dec 9, 2009 (see Virustotal results from Dec 9, 2009, Dec 22, 2009)
  4. McAfee VirusScan (DAT Version 5797) - Nov 9, 2009
  5. Sunbelt - June 5, 2009 (see Virustotal results from June 5, 2009, June 13, 2009)
  6. Symantec Enterprise - Oct 31, 2007 Definitions
  7. McAfee VirusScan (DAT Version 5150) - Oct 26, 2007
  8. AVG Antivirus - Oct 8, 2007
  9. Trend Micro OfficeScan - Sep 21, 2007
  10. Sophos - Aug 18, 2007
  11. Norton - Jul 17, 2007
  12. AntiVir Guard - Jun 27, 2007
  13. AVG Antivirus - Dec 7, 2006
  14. NOD32 - Nov 14, 2006
  15. F-PROT - Sep 21, 2006
  16. F-Secure - Sep 13, 2006
  17. Kaspersky - Sep 13, 2006
  18. Norman - Sep 11, 2006
  19. AVG Antivirus - Sep 11, 2006
  20. Fortinet - Jul 3, 2006
  21. AntiVir - Jul 1, 2006
  22. Norton & Symantec - Jul 1, 2006
  23. Kaspersky - Jun 21, 2006
  24. BitDefender - Jun 13, 2006
  25. OneCare - Jun 07, 2006
  26. AVG Antivirus - Jun 06, 2006
  27. Norton - May 20, 2006
  28. AntiVir - Feb 22, 2006
  29. Ad-Aware - Nov 22, 2005
  30. Mcafee - Nov 16, 2005
  31. AntiVir - Oct 12, 2005
  32. ArcaVir - Aug 21, 2005
  33. MS Antispyware - Aug 09, 2005
  34. MS Antispyware - Jul 26, 2005
  35. AVG Antivirus - Jul 10, 2005
  36. MS Antispyware - May 18, 2005
  37. MS Antispyware - Apr 22, 2005
  38. AVG Antivirus - Apr 21, 2005
  39. MS Antispyware - Mar 01, 2005
  40. PCCillin - Sep 17, 2004
  41. BitDefender - Aug 29, 2004
  42. Mcafee - Aug 26, 2004
  43. Sophos AV - Aug 16, 2004
  44. Norton - Aug 09, 2004
  45. Mcafee - Mar 11, 2004
  46. Norton - Feb 24, 2004
  47. avast! - ???
  48. Vipre May 11 2009


False Positive By Anti-Malware programs

  • Symantec (Norton): 5
  • MS Antispyware: 5
  • AVG Spyware: 5
  • AntiVir: 4
  • Mcafee: 4
  • Kaspersky: 2
  • BitDefender: 2
  • Sunbelt: 2
  • F-PROT: 1
  • F-Secure: 1
  • Norman: 1
  • Ad-Aware: 1
  • ArcaVir: 1
  • Fortinet: 1
  • OneCare: 1
  • PCCillin: 1
  • Sophos: 1
  • Spyware Terminator: 1
  • StopZilla: 1
  • Total False Positives: 38

Where to report false positives

Online Virus Scanners

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

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