Info Trojan in OCCT 8.1.1?

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Just downloaded a new update for OCCT and the iron curtain, Windows Defender, caught some trojan, Trojan:Win32/Spursint.Q!cl Said it was severe. Took a screen shot of Windows Defender info, will post it later.

 

[UsandThem]

It's 99.9% chance it is a false positive by Windows Defender (as long as you downloaded it from a legit site). Windows Defender is usually among the "leaders" in false positives in just about every antivirus/malware test.

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/gpu-tweak-iii-latest-version-has-a-virus.2591898/

 

[JoeRambo]

Word of caution: of course OCCT is a low profile program and noone sane would target it. But there has been a lot of "supply chain" attacks lately, where legitimate applications and frameworks ( and ironically even security software like Solarwinds) get hacked on source level and bad update with trojans is pushed to unsuspecting clients.

My recommendation - simply wait for next release of OCCT, devs are probably aware of triggering the Windows Defender and will push new app build soon.

EDIT: actually the update is up already, in changelog for OCCT:

Changelog
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OCCT 8.1.1
Main
Small update to avoid a false positive detection in Microsoft's antivirus