Avast discovered two file infections during submodule update of Qt5.15.2
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I got two warnings from the Avast downloader checker during the submodule update:
The threat was "JS:Downloader-EKT [Tool]" and it was found in lexical-analysis.md and syntactic-analysis.md, both in:
qtwebengine/src/3rdparty/chromium/third_party/
False alarm, or could it be real?
-DS
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Hi
Most likely false as its text (markdown) files and reading it suggest no foul play.
Both avast and avg triggers on the files on virustotal but the code clearly don't attempt
to download anything. -
I would be very wary of anything that Avast says, it is owned ny Norton now, one of the biggest scams out there.
If you are using the 'Free' version then anything that gets quarantined is removed or hidden and the only way to retrieve is is by paying the subscriprion charge.
I recently installed Win 7 on a spare drive to run some old software and took the suggestion to install the free Avast software, not aware that it was Norton. It duly removed some 20+ year old .exe files and blocked any attempt to retrieve them.
Luckilly, I had copies and Avast was dispatched to the bin
