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MSE detects themes having Virus ? - black4eternity - 2016-05-09
Hi,
I was downloading some Get simple themes to get a feel of the CMS. Some of the better looking/feature rich themes that I downloaded got removed from my system as a virus was detected. ( Attachment )
The themes that got flagged were being downloaded from http://get-simple.info/extend/theme/
My anti virus is Microsoft Security Essentials. The virus definitions are up to date.
I am really looking forward to try GetSimple CMS. Can someone please advice me the reason for this virus issue, and how I can get to use these themes and if it is safe to do so.
RE: MSE detects themes having Virus ? - shawn_a - 2016-05-09
Hmm ill take a look but its probably false positives see if your logs show what it detected
RE: MSE detects themes having Virus ? - black4eternity - 2016-05-10
(2016-05-09, 22:04:45)shawn_a Wrote: Hmm ill take a look but its probably false positives see if your logs show what it detected
Hi Shawn
Some js files are being detected as having - Threat Name:Trojan:Win32/Spursint.A!cl
I am attaching some sections of the log.
RE: MSE detects themes having Virus ? - sremick - 2016-05-14
MSE is horrible. I would not trust it to either detect malware, or get it right when it thinks it's found some.
It scores dead last in the latest tests:
https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/
And it's an chronic issue:
https://redmondmag.com/articles/2015/01/27/security-essentials-fails-antivirus-test.aspx
http://www.howtogeek.com/173291/goodbye-microsoft-security-essentials-microsoft-now-recommends-you-use-a-third-party-antivirus/
Use something better like Avira.
RE: MSE detects themes having Virus ? - Charpy1 - 2016-05-14
I recommand to test theses files on Virus Total (https://www.virustotal.com/en) : this online free service scan the file with 56 up-to-date anti virus and give you the result for each AV.