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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 114834" data-source="post: 1096581"><p>Potential reasons for your antivirus detecting the NordVPN installer as a threat.</p><p></p><p><u>Overzealous Detection</u>: Antivirus software, including Windows Defender, sometimes employs aggressive detection methods that can mistakenly flag legitimate programs as threats.</p><p></p><p><u>Heuristic Analysis</u>: Some antivirus programs use heuristic analysis, which involves identifying patterns in software behavior that resemble malware. VPNs, due to their nature of encrypting internet traffic and potentially modifying network settings, can trigger these patterns.</p><p></p><p>Other Potential Reasons:</p><p></p><p><u>Outdated Antivirus Definitions</u>: An outdated antivirus database might lack information about legitimate programs like NordVPN, leading to false positives.</p><p></p><p><u>Corrupted Download</u>: A corrupted NordVPN installer could be misidentified as malicious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 114834, post: 1096581"] Potential reasons for your antivirus detecting the NordVPN installer as a threat. [U]Overzealous Detection[/U]: Antivirus software, including Windows Defender, sometimes employs aggressive detection methods that can mistakenly flag legitimate programs as threats. [U]Heuristic Analysis[/U]: Some antivirus programs use heuristic analysis, which involves identifying patterns in software behavior that resemble malware. VPNs, due to their nature of encrypting internet traffic and potentially modifying network settings, can trigger these patterns. Other Potential Reasons: [U]Outdated Antivirus Definitions[/U]: An outdated antivirus database might lack information about legitimate programs like NordVPN, leading to false positives. [U]Corrupted Download[/U]: A corrupted NordVPN installer could be misidentified as malicious. [/QUOTE]
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