Qt 5.6.0 MSVC2015-32bit package detected as virus by avast AV
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When i try to add QT 5.6.0 MSVC2015-32bit from maintenance tool or online installer i get an error saying it's unable to download the archive:
http://download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository/windows_x86/desktop/qt5_56/qt.56.win32_msvc2015/5.6.0-1qtsvg-Windows-Windows_10-MSVC2015-Windows-Windows_10-X86.7zIf i try to download manually from a browser avast AV raise a warning about a possible infection and block the download detecting it as: Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
I got the same problem on 3 different pc running Win7, Win10 and WinXP, during the last month, all of them have avast AV.
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Disable Avast and try again
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Disabling the AV during the installation allow the maintenance tool to properly install the MSVC2015-32bit package, but as soon as you enable the AV when the installation is done the file:
C:\Qt\5.6\msvc2015\bin\Qt5Svgd.dll
is detected as a virus and deleted again
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I never used Avast but I'm sure you can tell it to ignore some files. Check Avast documentation.
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Thank you for your attention, yes i know how to exclude particular files in the av, but i wanted to report this behaviour as i'm not sure if it's avast or qt fault regarding this particular file, could be a false positive, but i have no knowledge to say that.
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It is for sure false positive. But you can upload this file to https://www.virustotal.com/ to check it with other AV engines.
I already noticed that Avast is mentioned often in this forum, somehow it doesn't like Qt :-)
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Last week i sent a "false positive" report to avast av and now looks like the MSVC2015-32bit package is not blocked anymore
