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WiresharkPortable 3.4.0 suspected of malware?

asked 2020-11-19 16:22:50 +0000

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FYI folks... I pulled down WiresharkPortable_3.4.0.paf.exe yesterday for some troubleshooting chores. The download was flagged by my corporate security team for a virus signature, {Virus/Win32.WGeneric.arybve(383238846)} . I didn't notice any issues, but corporate IT removed it from both my laptop and the server I was using it on. Just wanted to let the team know.

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Likely to be another annoying false positive, care to name the AV program?

What does VirusTotal say?

grahamb ( 2020-11-19 16:44:33 +0000 )edit

Detection came from Palo Alto Firewalls – Virus/Spyware signature rules.

REP ( 2020-11-20 20:25:39 +0000 )edit

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answered 2020-11-19 16:49:49 +0000

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23835 ●4 ●976 ●227 https://www.wireshark.org

VirusTotal reports all clean bar one engine (Jiangmin ??), so as I suggested likely a false positive.

Not sure if that will be enough to allow the release of the heavy boots of your corporate IT security though.

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If it helps, false positives happen often enough that we maintain a list of them.

Gerald Combs ( 2020-11-20 21:40:14 +0000 )edit

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