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First post, by Smiling Spectre

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Latest DOSBox installs don't liked by my antivirus: DrWeb. It says "File infected by Troyan.Popup". If I disable antivirus and install DOSBox, later this antivirus says "Uninstall.exe infected with Trojan.Popuper", so it is this file responsible for alarm. Is this everything ok with installer?

Reply 1 of 13, by Qbix

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Odd. Anybody can confirm this ? (use other virus scanners).

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Reply 2 of 13, by ErikGG

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I have Avast Home, no problems here.

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Reply 3 of 13, by Xelasarg

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No problems with AntiVir either.

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Reply 4 of 13, by njaydg

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I'm using Kaspersky Personal 7.0 and no problems either... Seems like a false positive to me. It's either that or your system may have some trojan traces. Webroot Spy Sweeper (latest version) doesn't complain either.

Reply 5 of 13, by wd

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Also try re-downloading the dosbox installer.

Reply 6 of 13, by Smiling Spectre

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Tried trice already, with no luck. And the same was true for 0.71. It have only one mirror? I see only one, here.

Reply 7 of 13, by njaydg

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Try using a different antivirus... And if it's any consolation, Softpedia "...guarantees that DOSBox 0.72 is 100% FREE, which means it is a freeware product (both for personal and commercial use) that does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. "

And they have the same link you posted.

Reply 8 of 13, by wd

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Um you don't like that "Select a different mirror" link there?

Reply 9 of 13, by Smiling Spectre

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njaydg, I have no doubt in the DOSBox itself. 😀 Only in setup pack and mirror. 😀
wd, there was reason for my question. 😀 I don't see any other mirrors... in Opera. IE6 resolves this. But not "virus" issue. Then I assume, that something strange with my antivirus. 😒 ... Yes! I miss update 96 (from 103 😀). After installing it "virus" disappears. Thank you for help! 😀

Reply 10 of 13, by njaydg

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Just to clear any possible doubts from other users, I've also downloaded from that same link and detected nothing. So, as Smiling Spectre confirmed (thanks for letting us know 😎 ), it's a false positive that got solved through antivirus update.

Also, an important question (possibly OT): Does every mirror contain the exact same file, meaning that it's not altered/changed in any of the mirrors?

Reply 12 of 13, by wd

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All mirrors contain exactly the same file. If it's different then the installer
doesn't work anyways, and re-downloading should fix it.

Reply 13 of 13, by franpa

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no virus found with "Trend Micro Internet Security 2007"

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