BleachBit

ad-ware in installer

Asked by Luis Marlon Puerta

Everytime i go to install this i get this message from my webroot anti virus..

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0256 Infection detected: c:\users\repairman\desktop\good\bleachbit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [MD5: EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80] [3/00000000] [Adware.Somoto.Gen]

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0256 File blocked in realtime: c:\users\repairman\desktop\good\bleachbit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [MD5: EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80, Size: 6196758 bytes] [0/00000003] [Adware.Somoto.Gen]

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0259 Determination flags modified: c:\users\repairman\desktop\good\bleachbit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe - MD5: EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80, Size: 6196758 bytes, Flags: 00000020

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0259 Performing cleanup entry: 1

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0520 End passive write scan (1 file(s))

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0743 Infection detected: c:\users\repairman\desktop\good\bleachbit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [MD5: EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80] [3/00000000] [Adware.Somoto.Gen]

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0743 File blocked in realtime: c:\users\repairman\desktop\good\bleachbit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [MD5: EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80, Size: 6196758 bytes] [0/00000003] [Adware.Somoto.Gen]

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0743 File blocked in realtime: c:\users\repairman\desktop\good\bleachbit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [MD5: EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80, Size: 6196758 bytes] [0/00000003] [Adware.Somoto.Gen]

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0744 Monitoring process C:\Users\Repairman\Desktop\Good\BleachBit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80]. Type: 3 (7045)

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0744 Monitoring process C:\Users\Repairman\Desktop\Good\BleachBit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80]. Type: 4 (7045)

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0744 Monitoring process C:\Users\Repairman\Desktop\Good\BleachBit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80]. Type: 5 (7045)

Mon 2013-09-23 16:09:44.0745 Monitoring process C:\Users\Repairman\Desktop\Good\BleachBit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe [EF4D3990413E1DA16B287834219DDA80]. Type: 8 (7045)

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Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) said : 		#1

This looks like false positive (also called a false alarm). The MD5 signature matches my system, and the same file (bleachbit-0.9.6-ns-setup.exe) scanned with 40 other antivirus programs produces no alarms.

Alternatively, download the newly-available installer which is digitally signed for BleachBit version 0.9.6:
http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/download/windows

Or the digitally-signed installer for BleachBit 1.0 beta
http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/news/bleachbit-10-beta

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