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<blockquote data-quote="MacDefender" data-source="post: 893359" data-attributes="member: 83059"><p>Interestingly, F-Secure only blocks the 32-bit version and thinks the 64-bit one is clean. It's labeled as a "PrivacyRisk.SPR" Avira signature, and is classified as a PUA with the option to trust it if you'd like. I think they should be consistently classifying the 32-bit and 64-bit versions the same way.</p><p></p><p>I agree with your assessment, but will add, the ones that detect this as a PUA explicitly (in terms of being a privacy risk or HackTool) I think are acceptable. A password reader could be used in suspicious or legitimate ways, labeling it as a PUA is probably accurate. But the ones that flat out label it as a trojan, that is a false positive for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacDefender, post: 893359, member: 83059"] Interestingly, F-Secure only blocks the 32-bit version and thinks the 64-bit one is clean. It's labeled as a "PrivacyRisk.SPR" Avira signature, and is classified as a PUA with the option to trust it if you'd like. I think they should be consistently classifying the 32-bit and 64-bit versions the same way. I agree with your assessment, but will add, the ones that detect this as a PUA explicitly (in terms of being a privacy risk or HackTool) I think are acceptable. A password reader could be used in suspicious or legitimate ways, labeling it as a PUA is probably accurate. But the ones that flat out label it as a trojan, that is a false positive for sure. [/QUOTE]
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