That's what they say and it's generally true, but I recently had an experience where Defender lets something through and Norton caught it. Of course the reverse could also happen.
Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> on behalf of Robert Heller <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2026 9:47:55 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible malware in GnuCash 3.14 for Windows At Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:21:20 -0500 [email protected] wrote: > > On 1/17/2026 7:41 PM, Deb Boyce wrote: > > Thanks for confirming that. I'll get the update tomorrow. Meanwhile i'm > > seriously looking at replacing my antivirus next renewal cycle. > > > No matter what antivirus you choose to use it will sometimes give false > positives (OR sometimes fail to identify a virus). It is IMPOSSIBLE to > have an antivirus program that ALWAYS gave the correct answer. > > << just substitute "acts like a virus" for "fails to halt" in Turing's > proof of "The Fundamental Theorem of Computation" >> > > Since a false positive is far less serious than failing to identify a > real virus, all practical antivirus programs will be designed to err on > that side. You can always temporarily turn off or "whitelist" (if that > option is provided). Ability to "whitelist" is a feature you should want > in choosing antivirus software. I don't (and never have) used MS-Windows, but videos I've seen on YouTube suggest that most add-on antivirus software for *recent* versions of MS-Windows are a waste of money. "Windows Defender" (which is build in to revent versions of MS-Windows) does everything any MS-Windows user needs. Almost all malware these days are phishing E-Mail and depend on esentially socially engineering to get the user to visit some website to trick the user into revealing login credintials. Malware writers generally don't bother much with the clasic forms of malware these days. And yes, Windows Defender will probably flag legit versions of GnuCash, since GnuCash is not "signed" by a Microsoft supplied certificate. You will have to "whitelist" (whatever that entails) GnuCash. > > Michael D Novack > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
