Advice Request Hitman Pro thinks Hitman Pro is a PUA:

[klepto]

What sort of sorcery is this?!

 

[Thiagoo]

Jokes aside, this is pretty weird.

 

[The_King]

Most likely a FP but to be safe I would submit the file to VirusTotal.

Some people use cracked versions of HP or HPA and these could contain malware.

 

[klepto]

Most likely a FP but to be safe I would submit the file to VirusTotal.

Some people use cracked versions of HP or HPA and these could contain malware.

Its a paid copy as I own Hitman Pro Alert as well..
Sophos themselves label it as a PUA:

Jiangmin
Trojan.PSW.Pycoon.g
Sophos
Generic ML PUA (PUA)
Zillya
Trojan.Pycoon.Win32.25
Virustotal

 

[alex mall]

Yep, same here and it is a legit copy.

 

[Thiagoo]

I reported this as a false positive on Sophos website. Let's see if they will fix it

 

[klepto]

Yep, same here and it is a legit copy.

The optics on this is pretty bad, Sophos labelling their own product as a PUA. So if I really thought it was I might remove that software. How in the hell did this happen?

 

[Venustus]

I remember a while ago Avast deleting Avast files that Avast thought were malicious
Was all down to a botched signature update...It can happen.

 

[Viking]

Same here.

 

[ZeroStrawberries]

Same thing a year ago. HitmanPro.Alert reacted to HitmanPro.

 

[show-Zi]

Gestaltzerfall

I don't know the specifics, but doesn't the AV software exclude itself from the scan?

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Hit man always had many glade positives in my experience but only once it detected itself in my case

 

[Marko :)]

Someone please click Next so we can see what happens then. Does HitmanPro closes and deletes itself?

 

[Aleeyen]

What sort of sorcery is this?!

View attachment 259397

Truth Always Comes Out

 

[Anthony Qian]

This shows Sophos's engine is not so reliable.

 

[Kongo]

No issue on my side

 

[dinosaur07]

It could be a 50% FP.

 

[peterfat11]

HMP Also think that explorer.exe is a virus. I scanned with some other scanners and they told me that mine explorer is fine. With the hope that HMP don't break my computer I clicked next. Then it is like explorer got ended everything is blank. Then I think it is back in a few seconds.

 

[Freud2004]

Your computers are full of malware, I will see your naked photos all over the internet...

Cant replicated that result, no problem here, Hitman pro paid version, no problem with is exe file.

 

[RoboMan]

Trust nobody, not even yourself