John -- as you already probably know and as others have noted, this is
not a GNUCash issue - it is a false positive being pushed by Norton. I
have Malwarebytes installed on my machine and it did not peep when I
installed GNUCash. Many of the anti-virus software products flag open
source projects as viruses or Trojan when they are not. Once, I had
Malwarebytes flag Libre Office as bad after I had a power surge, and, I
had to go into the software and change the setting to finally allow it
to be able to write files.
I would report your findings to Norton. They are the ones flagging it
incorrectly.
Ken
------ Original Message ------
From "John M. Thornton" <[email protected]>
To [email protected]
Date 12/22/2025 2:06:24 PM
Subject [GNC] Problems installing GnuCash 5.14 with Anti-virus software.
When I went to install the new 5.14 version, it was flagged by Norton for
having a Trojan Horse installed within aqpaypal-tool.exe. It at first would
not even allow me to download 5.14 until I removed it from Quarantine.
After it is removed, it seems to finish the installation.
Threat name: Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Threat type: Trojan Horse - This threat pretends to be something else
(e.g., picture, document, or other file) to trick you into running it and
infecting your computer.
Status: Moved to Quarantine
Options: Report false detection
Detected by: Auto-Protect
On PC from: 12/22/25, 3:58 PM
Last Used: 12/22/25, 3:58 PM
Startup Item: No
Thanks,
John
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