I have just had my Webroot antivirus report a virus in the Mp3Tag program folder, C:\Program Files/Mp3Tag. It was reported as being a w32.Trojan.Gen called tak_deco_lib.dll Is this a real threat or a false positive?

Since Mp3tag version v3.27 this external DLL is no more necessary. From the changelog : [2024-08-08] REL: VERSION 3.27 (for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7) ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2024-07-30] CHG: reimplemented parsing of TAK fil…

You can check it by your self if you upload this tak_deco_lib.dll to virustotal.com and see what all other antivirus software detect. I guess it's just another false positive. This is was virustotal says about the last tak_deco_lib.dll from 26.07.2024: VirusTotal VirusTotal …

See e.g here: [image] False Positive: Malwarebytes and Virustotal Report AI Malware in 3.26 Support Malwarebytes and virustotal had discovered AI malware in 3.26. I tried it afterwrds with 3.25 and no malware discovered. Using Malwarebytes Pro 5.1.5.116 (and which MP3…

Thanks for the help. I have now updated to the latest version. I have used Mp3Tag for a while so got no notification of a new version.

Anyway, some additional information to virustotal: "1/62 security vendor flagged this file as malicious", specially if an scanner like "MaxSecure" some unknown reports "malicious" ' => never mind! wave and smile!

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ohrenkino December 21, 2024, 2:07pm 3

See e.g here:

(and which MP3tag version should be virus infested?)