- Aug 4, 2016
- 1,465
Good info above from OldSchool & HarborFront etc, thanks! 
Brave Browser release info
- Thread starter oldschool
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- May 10, 2019
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Bad news! Just received Heimdal response regarding Brave website
- May 16, 2013
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Good point to use in future just browser that has good reputation like Chrome, Firefox, Edge Chromium.
- Aug 17, 2014
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Well, that's just ONE analysis by one company, more will be necessary to judge about Brave...Bad news! Just received Heimdal response regarding Brave website
- May 10, 2019
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I am a Brave user and I have not judged it. Situations like this happen. I'll just wait till they fix the issue. It is just I wanted it to be a FP but that was not the case.Well, that's just ONE analysis by one company, more will be necessary to judge about Brave...
For me neither Chrome nor Edge Chromium is reputable. Being created by a big company does not mean the product should be reputable. I prefer Brave over the two other options and Firefox being my default browser.
- Aug 17, 2014
- 11,072
You did well and nothing wrong, I just said that to inform other users they may read all here...
Let's see what happens and we can waiting for more infos from @oldschool
- May 10, 2019
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Well, it suck to be a non-native speaker of English (I have no control over the language) so please pardon me if I sound disrepectful in my comments. You're right such warning my turn people away from using Brave (those who have no idea).
An accidental find while surfing wilderssecurity.com a while ago.
The top picture is the text from the original website. The bottom picture is taken from wilderssecurity.com.
The green color icon with a 0 count is the 'zwBlocker' extension and the right side icon with 2 red horizontal bars is the 'Detect Zero-Width Characters' extension. Both are detecting zero-width Unicode characters.
The below picture shows the detection of zero-width Unicode characters by both the extensions. The 'zwBlocker' shows the count of 5 and the highlighted text is by 'Detect Zero-Width Characters' extension'.
Actually, on that page on wilderssecurity.com I found 5 such highlighted texts after expanding them. So, it's not advisable to simply copy texts from sources.
The top picture is the text from the original website. The bottom picture is taken from wilderssecurity.com.
The green color icon with a 0 count is the 'zwBlocker' extension and the right side icon with 2 red horizontal bars is the 'Detect Zero-Width Characters' extension. Both are detecting zero-width Unicode characters.
The below picture shows the detection of zero-width Unicode characters by both the extensions. The 'zwBlocker' shows the count of 5 and the highlighted text is by 'Detect Zero-Width Characters' extension'.
Actually, on that page on wilderssecurity.com I found 5 such highlighted texts after expanding them. So, it's not advisable to simply copy texts from sources.
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It is time for Brave to step up to the plate and comment on the Heimdal Alert
- May 10, 2019
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I agree with @silversurfer that the warning and analysis came only from one vendor. I suggest some members submit the very same link for analysis by other vendors such as Kaspersky, Bitdefender and Eset.
- Mar 29, 2018
- 7,595
I can't find any posts on the Brave Community regarding this FP. I suggest @James246 and @The Cog in the Machine post it on their forum.
I posed several times under heading
Heimdal Detection Of Brave - False Positive Or Not
Last time 20 hours ago
- Mar 29, 2018
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OK, all you can do is wait for support. I know they have a small staff relative to the number of posts. They are quick to respond to some and not others, so they must have some sort of priority rating/system to handle all they receive.
- May 10, 2019
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Heimdal no longer alerts when I download Brave. What has changed?
- May 16, 2013
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@The Cog in the Machine
check this
community.brave.com
no answer from Brave team
Brave heart James246 was trying to do something about it.
check this
Heimdal Detection Of Brave - False Positive Or Not
Taken from a posting by a member from Malware Tips Heimdal Thor Premium home blocks Brave bowser download! Really?
community.brave.com
no answer from Brave team
Brave heart James246 was trying to do something about it.
- Mar 29, 2018
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Sure, but no answer from Heimdal either. They were quick enough to answer @James246 query initially that it was malware. Do they have trouble admitting mistakes?
- May 10, 2019
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Was it a mistake? We'll never know until either Heimdal or Brave say sth. Heimdal support did not give any details about the warning and that's weird.
- Aug 4, 2016
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Kaspersky seem to feel it's OK? I know who I trust?
- May 10, 2019
- 2,289
Had another look at the VT link provided by Heimdal support and saw these?
Anyone knows why were these files detected at the time?
Anyone knows why were these files detected at the time?
- Mar 29, 2018
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Seems to me this is on Heimdal and not Brave if it was downloaded from brave.com.
