security alert on W11 after last update

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security alert on W11 after last update

Post by Kane_the_black » 2026-08-04, 17:02

After today's update of Pale Moon to version 34.3.2 (64-bit), I saw a security alert on Windows 11. If you think everything is fine, you can ignore it. I'm not a techie :) it's just the first time something like this has happened to me. Attached is a screenshot: in English - "Category: Trojan horse, details: this program is dangerous..." I trust you, so I consider it a misunderstanding or a possible system error. Regards :) K
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Re: security alert on W11 after last update

Post by Moonchild » 2026-08-04, 17:49

Seems Windows Defender on Windows 11 (but curiously not on Windows 10) is flagging the javascript module as a trojan with this version. This would be a false positive. If you can report the error to Microsoft.
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Re: security alert on W11 after last update

Post by Gemmaugr » 2026-08-04, 17:49

Yeah, I wouldn't trust Microslop (Defender) or google (VirusTotal). False Positive Heuristics. Of course, you could have caught something, but it's unlikely.

These all come back clean for the file in question:

https://online.drweb.com/result2/?mode= ... f59&lng=en

https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/files ... 98f94psa7g

(Even VirusTotal comes back clean: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/610 ... 44e48a74bf)
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Re: security alert on W11 after last update

Post by Moonchild » 2026-08-04, 18:45

Curiously, VT includes Microsoft. So you'd expect that not to come back clean. But it does.
So I'm not sure in which circumstances individual defender setups bork on the binaries; certainly not wide-spread or general.
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