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[*] posted on 14-5-2017 at 12:33 PM
installation halted by antivirus program

I run ESET antivirus which removes the *exe post installation of GSB, claiming it contains malicious code. I assume this is a false positive, please confirm.

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[*] posted on 14-5-2017 at 01:06 PM


Hi Matlihan,

I have the same issues with Avira Antivirus and Norton Security.

According to Avira and Norton every GSB update contains a different kind of malicious code

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[*] posted on 14-5-2017 at 05:50 PM


Ive looked into why this happens. GSB code is obfuscated so it cant be reverse engineered or illegally copied.
People who make virus also obfuscate their code. As AV programs cant tell the content of obfuscated code, all obfuscated coded is treated as a virus.
The only thing solution I can think of is to turn off AV when you install, and the add gsb.exe to excluded file, or better still add the GSB folder to exclusion.
That would be better as there tend to be GSB updates most weeks, and it would stop the problem for future installs.

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[*] posted on 15-5-2017 at 12:16 AM


I have found a potential fix that will be applied after version 19.96. Please give feedback if this works or fails.

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[*] posted on 16-5-2017 at 03:45 AM


This MIGHT be fixed in today's build

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[*] posted on 16-5-2017 at 09:03 AM



Avira antivirus is okay with GSB version 20.1.

But Norton Security still does see a possible threat in 20.1: Heur.AdvML.B.

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[*] posted on 16-5-2017 at 04:41 PM


Thanks for comments Carl. I dont see any fix for this apart from disabled av during install, and or whitelist the gsb folder and or exe file.

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[*] posted on 18-5-2017 at 12:21 AM


I have this fixed, and know how to verify it. Use https://virustotal.com/
anything after 20.3 will be ok now.

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