Possible virus in OSMC installer? [update: probably false alarm]

Thanks. I was mobile earlier and uploaded the URL from my phone and can see only the URL was tested, not the file.

Indeed the file returns 11/71 reports when directly uploaded. That’s disappointing. But as you can see some are ‘reputation’ based or because of the files format.

My suggestion if you are concerned is to stop using OSMC immediately. The source code for this installer is at GitHub - osmc/osmc: OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is a free and open source media center distribution. But if you think the installer is problematic I would not run an OS by the same distributor on another device with entire access to your network.

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What usually happens is that every time we update the installer, a lot of AVs flag us initially due to lack of ‘reputation’. Once that installer version matures and has been seen out in the wild for a while, it settles down.

I’m hoping that us getting our installers signed with a digital certificate in the near future will improve our reputation, but otherwise there is not so much we can do. We use WinRar’s SFX module to package the installer and automatically run and I suspect that packing technique is what gets us some unnecessary attention.

Cheers

Sam

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