Tor Browser Bundle on Windows 11 Flagged as malware today
Tor Browser Bundle on Windows 11 Flagged as malware today
Very weird, this is the TBB direct from Tor.
Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MTB
....Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\tor.exe
And it links to : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?name=Trojan%3AWin32%2FMalgent!MTB&threatid=2147836816
Anyone else having issues with TBB?
Classic Microsoft. They regularly use defender to harrass users of software they don't like.
87Reply 45ReplyHa. I forgot about that episode of the view.
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Yeah, I don't see the issue in the Tor Forum, but I see other people reporting it on Reddit.
I've verified the TBB signatures, its a authentic app from Tor.
Guess its another iteration of : https://support.torproject.org/tbb/antivirus-false-positive/
Just weird to see it from Windows Defender
28ReplyI wouldn't call that weird. Microsoft's track record for anything involving security is absolutely atrocious, to a point where you now have to assume everything in azure and every single windows computer is compromised: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37702095
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32ReplyLol true
4ReplyNo one mentioned spyware.
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Upload to virus total and show the result. Also its not a good idea to run Tor on windows.
14ReplyWhy not
13ReplyBecause windows is full of telemetry and has lots of malware developed for it.
Not to mention the NSA will know you visited the Tor page and have Tor installed.
Its best to use it from Tails
17Replytoo easy for Microsoft or third-parties to collect telemetry data would be my guess
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https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/3807d96998a15aed25ec9a95c3183385c6c73f6dde811ef2452c30f5f7df2810
Bkav Pro W32.AIDetectMalware.64
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MTB
Rising Trojan.Malgent!8.10C33 (CLOUD)
The rest are green.
2Reply 1ReplyQuack
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Tor on windows lol
7ReplyIt has been mentioned in the tor forums: https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-release-tor-browser-12-5-6/9451/5
6ReplyWhy do you use Tor? Just use regular Firefox, it's much faster. Doesn't have all that privacy-bloat, you don't need that with Windows anyways
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