Avast reports trojan in Geogebra

system · 2015-06-02T16:58:31.000Z

Hi,

I just opened Geogebra 5 for the first time in a long time, and after about a minute’s use, an “Infection blocked” Avast message popped up with these details:

URL: http://jars.geogebra.org/webstart/5.0/geogebra-jars.zip|geogebra_main.jar|org\geogebra\desktop\i\a.class
Infection: Java:Agent-CWF [Trj]
Process: C:\Program Files (x86)\GeoGebra 5.0\jre\bin\javaw.exe

I have JDK 1.7 + 1.8 and JRE 1.8 installed. No virus found in a subsequent scan of the Geogebra 5 folder.

Should I be worried?

Eddy · 2015-06-02T17:06:54.000Z

TrendMicro is also detecting it as malware.
It can however be a false positive.
I suggest you submit it to avast and let them have a look at it.
When/if needed they will change the detection.

https://blog.avast.com/tag/false-positive/

system · 2015-06-02T17:42:30.000Z

Thanks for the quick response.

Which file exactly should I submit? GeoGebra.exe, javaw.exe or something else?

Eddy · 2015-06-02T17:52:18.000Z

Send the geogebra-jars.zip file or provide them a link to this thread.

system · 2015-06-02T18:10:43.000Z

Link submitted to Avast. Thanks for clarifying.

Sirmer · 2015-06-03T05:09:03.000Z

It will be fixed in next VPS update, sorry for your inconvenience.

system · 2015-06-03T13:26:47.000Z

No problem, thanks.

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