I can't tell you the version, because Avast has quarantined the executable, but I updated it today (21st May 2025)
Here's the report it provided. I'm running Windows 11.
Has anyone else encountered this?
Tell Avast to avoid checking the Logos folder (and get the exe out of quarantine). There is enough info on the web to suggest it is a false positive (behaving in a way Avast does not expect).
OK, I've scanned with Malwarebytes and Clamscan (on Linux) and neither report a virus, so I've restored it and marked it as an exception.
But "enough info on the web" … a couple of examples would be good, because when I searched yesterday (admittedly not with Google), the newest information I had was from about 2015.
By contrast, today there is a report of 46 vulnerable parts of the code mapped to 31 attack techniques and 8 tactics, so the developers ought to close these loopholes before there is a real attack:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/eec77c371a893ccc0e4206fc43459de4dc867d7a83fc9fc510cece424287a5ca/682e9130530e5a38d707ad00
Hamish
PS Sorry, I should have posted this to the Proclaim forum. As it was so low down on the list, I didn't notice there was such a thing.
Perhaps "vulnerabilities" is overstated. Reading that hybrid-analysis.com page again, I see that the word is "indicators". Nevertheless, the developers should still check that files loaded into Proclaim (or user input) are not able to manipulate API calls to cause undesirable behaviour.
The file is completely harmless: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ae75d5505bcddf7c5cff2e2dcbb318c05e9042caad78d5a0ba532a654f111f2f
Avast (and Hybrid Analysis) are overreacting.
We virus scan all Logos and Proclaim files for malware and then sign them with our digital certificate (so they can't be altered).
Desktop App is more appropriate as the exe is part of the Logos app.
Desktop App
@Hamish Blair But "enough info on the web" … a couple of examples would be good, because when I searched yesterday (admittedly not with Google), the newest information I had was from about 2015.
@Hamish Blair
I didn't use Google, but I used the query idp generic which suggested a few alternatives that I followed. I gave up on third party antivirus after many years with different "top" programs/security suites, their numerous options and time wasted with "generic" detections and virus vaults. The builtin Windows/MS Defender + Firewall is capable and good enough for me.
One other thing I should have mentioned, and has cropped up again when I updated to 4.11.0.0160 is that the installer caused this error message to appear:
Could not set file security for file 'D:\Config.Msi\d17bb4b.rbf'. Error: 5. Verify that you have sufficient priviliges to modify the security permissions for this file.
I have ignored it, and again it doesn't seem to be a virus, but it does seem worrying to me.
