does Chromium cointain a virus?

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  1. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    Hi

    i installed ChromiumPortable_26.0.1410.5.paf.exe from
    _http://sourceforge.net/projects/crportable/files/?source=dlp

    and virus total flags chrome.exe like Backdoor.Win32.Swrort

    -https://www.virustotal.com/it/file/ab188ffecbbbdf160bca03f14bcd4c77dadf2e55969274204ecf927d1914d040/analysis/

    i have nod32 but it doesn't find any things

    what do you think it 's a false positive?

    or should i worry ?

    thanks
     
  2. moontan

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    use a multi scanners AV like VirusTotal, Jotti's or Hitman Pro and get back to us on this.
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    how many of the 42 engines at VirusTotal detect this as malware?
    if it's only a few the odds are it's a false positive.

    i start to worry a little when 6 or 7 AV engines out of 42 detect something.
    then you also have to take into consideration which engines are detecting this stuff.

    if it's a little known AV odds is that AV might not be very good.
     
  3. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    hi

    thanks for the anwer
    if you open the link there are 12 antivirus that flag like virus
     
  4. acr1965

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    I could not upload the file to VT as it's too large. Why does the scan you show 1.2 MB when the downloaded file is much larger? Anyway, I did a context menu scan and HMP and MBAM found nothing but Kaspersky flagged it the same as on VT.
    SHA-1 EEC4AF6EACFF1046FBC3F9409DBD1D6AB2116E28

    FWIW - the latest release (ChromiumPortable_26.0.1410.12.paf.exe) is clean by all three.
     

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  5. mantra

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    thanks
    would love to try in a virutalize system to know if it's a false allarm or real
     
  6. moontan

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    right.

    and most of the AV engines that flagged it as positive are big name AVs.
    at that point i certainly would be concerned.
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    it is possible to make your own portable apps from installers with programs such as Cameyo.

    worth giving it a try.
     
  7. TheWindBringeth

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    Got curious about something, checked two hashes:

    ChromiumPortable_26.0.1410.5.paf.exe
    SHA-256: ED84DEAA47171450CB7D7CB9BEF451414EF7C2C688E6A37CC4F7AB378EB9AE64
    4/46 positive results for that hash at VirusTotal

    chrome.exe from within the above
    SHA-256: AB188FFECBBBDF160BCA03F14BCD4C77DADF2E55969274204ECF927D1914D040
    12/46 positive results for that hash at VirusTotal

    Seems like a pretty significant difference in the number of positive results there. Edit: Figured I'd check MD5 and SHA-1 hashes as well. Same results.

    SHA-256 hashes for ChromiumPortable_26.0.1410.12.paf.exe and the chrome.exe within it were 0/46
     
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  8. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    it's very odd
    but chrome.exe with the same hash it's included in a chome dev version , and sadly i don't remember which one
     
  9. DrBenGolfing

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    Maybe sourceforge is the culprit?
     
  10. woomera

    woomera Registered Member

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    had this issue before with chromium, for me emsisoft alerted me and quarantined the file and i deleted the whole zip file.
    few days later it prompted me after an update that the quarantined file was a false-positive.

    dont know why so many vendors are flagging it but download it from softpedia since they check their file before hosting them.

    hope that helps
     
  11. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    do you remember the chromium version?

    i installed emsisoft todaty and updated and i flagged like kaspersky
     
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