Its a false positive.
You can confirm this statement by uploading and having it be scanned by multiple different products.
Might help if you read the all the information by the author before asking a question.
Q: My antivirus flags the Windows binary as malware.
A: That's a known false positive. More information https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer/issues/13.
Topic: Sourceforge Trojan Virus (Read 1430 times)
Hi gurus,
I am trying to download a cpu miner from :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpuminer/files/pooler-cpuminer-2.3.2-win64.zip/download
but my avast finds a trojan virus and I cannot download the miner. Is it really a virus and how harmful is it ?
I found the link under this topic :
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/an-even-more-optimized-version-of-cpuminer-poolers-cpuminer-cpu-only-55038
Thanks for your help
I am trying to download a cpu miner from :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpuminer/files/pooler-cpuminer-2.3.2-win64.zip/download
but my avast finds a trojan virus and I cannot download the miner. Is it really a virus and how harmful is it ?
I found the link under this topic :
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/an-even-more-optimized-version-of-cpuminer-poolers-cpuminer-cpu-only-55038
Thanks for your help
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