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How to indentify false positives (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net
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So, I tried to install lidarr on my windows machine via the exe on the website, but my antivirus flagged it immediately. I am sure i could just work around this by disabling the antivirus for a bit or by composing it manually, but for all I know maybe someone inserted some malicious code. Is this an issue y'all have noticed? How can I tell if this is actually malicious?

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago

See if the developers publish hashes of their executables (something like sha1/256, md5...). Then you can take the hash of your executable, and if they are the same, you should have gotten the exact same file. This does of course not help if the place you get the hashes from is also compromised.

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