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$Id: FAQ.Virus.txt,v 1.5 2018/05/24 11:34:30 gilles Exp gilles $
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This document is also available online at
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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/
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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/FAQ.Virus.txt
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=======================================================================
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Imapsync and virus scanners
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=======================================================================
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Q. My virus scanner claims imapsync.exe is a virus/malware/trojan etc.
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What the hell?
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2018-05-07 16:04:23 +02:00
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R1. Yes, I found the same. Two antivirus, Baidu and Jiangmin, report that
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imapsync might have a trojan in it.
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All others virus scanner say imapsync.exe is ok.
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I've done this test on imapsync.exe release 1.727 on the two following
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meta-virus-scanners:
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https://www.virustotal.com/
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https://www.metadefender.com/
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R2. Explanation:
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It may come from the fact that imapsync checks whether there is a
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new realease available at http://imapsync.lamiral.info/VERSION
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It's explained here:
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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/#NUMBERS
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Any other explanation is welcome!
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R3. There is no virus alerts reported for the Perl script imapsync
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itself. The binary imapsync.exe is just a compiled version of
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the script imapsync, with perl interpreter itself and all modules
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needed by imapsync in order to make imapsync.exe a standalone software.
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2018-05-07 16:04:23 +02:00
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R4. imapsync.exe release 1.836 is reported as totally clean by both
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https://www.virustotal.com/
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https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/2a33eb93198da77677a4013a5dfb4868cb6aa8f4513e2102a55884b258d19043/detection
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and https://metadefender.opswat.com/
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https://metadefender.opswat.com/results#!/file/ZTE4MDMxN1MxZTk4aGhxdEdCSlpxVTJoOVlN/regular/information
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