On VirusTotal faux positive for Adwcleaner 7.3

[Malika4]

Today I update from 7.2.7 to 7.3 and on VirusTotal one engine detected adwcleaner:

 

MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.5578382.susgen

 

Is a faux posotive, right?

 

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[1PW]

Hello @Malika4:

At 0/66, the latest published version of the the standalone utility file adwcleaner_7.3.exe has no false positives.

Reference: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/f3d9bfa8910f05bbfde1ba58abb264bf444f155be915a5246c360f304bfcdcd6/analysis/1558088498/

Please make certain you are downloading a digitally signed/countersigned file from the highest integrity source such as https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/

Thank you.

 

Edited May 17, 2019 by 1PW

[Malika4]

I update with the 7.2.7 version that now works

[Malika4]

Now in virustotal has no engine detected the file 

[pondus]

10 minutes ago, Malika4 said:

Now in virustotal has no engine detected the file 

When using virustotal always note the Analysis date at top .... if old (cached result from previous upload) then refresh result using the blue button at top right