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Virus detected in plugin

Why some antivirus tools flagged older Security Ninja builds, and what to do on current versions.

This false positive was addressed in Security Ninja 5.73 and later. Current releases (including 5.303) should not need a special zip for this issue.

Older builds of the malware scanner included tiny signature fragments used to detect real malware. Those fragments are not executable malware, but a few third-party antivirus tools flagged the plugin files.

Virus detected in plugin

If you still see a detection:

  1. Confirm you are on the latest Security Ninja release.
  2. Update virus definitions on the scanner that flagged the files.
  3. If the alert continues on a current release, open a support ticket with the scanner name and the exact file path it reports.

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