I tried posting this on Reddit but the mods have to approve it and haven’t yet. I’ll warn you guys.

I just downloaded the HumbleBundle Programming MEGA Bundle 2024 by Packt via torrent and stored it in my NAS. That system ran a virus check and found the file pragmaticmicroserviceswithcandazure.zip had a virus Win.Packed.Pwsx-10034067-0 in it. Is this common on HumbleBundle? I would expect something like this on a cybersecurity bundle for studying viruses but not on one about microservices. This zip file is for the book Pragmatic Microservices with C# and Azure.

  • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    Not normal, but I have seen 100x more false positives than real detections over the years. Proceed with caution, but as long as it isn’t an EXE you’re running and/or the author seems trustworthy, I wouldn’t worry much.

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      15 days ago

      The virus detection program was ClamAV on my linux box. It does regular scans after I finish torrents.