VisualD.dll flagged during VisualD 0.45.0 installation as Trojan by McAfee

[Rainer Schuetze via Digitalmars-d-ide]

On 03.08.2017 14:00, ShadoLight wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For other users of McAfee AV software: Note that, during the 
> installation of VisualD 0.45.0, the VisualD.dll is detected as 
> GenericRXBS-NK!9A26B67896F trojan by my McAfee AV (Enterprise v8.8 in my 
> case).
> 
> Since I have been using VisualD (and D) for practically forever I am 
> sure this is a false-positive, and caused by McAfee's new-fangled 
> 'generically detected malware' algorithm!
> 
> I tried using the Quarantine Manager to 'restore' VisualD.dll, but this 
> does not work since McAfee does not 'remember' previously restored 
> files, and quarantine it every time VS loads the DLL.
> 
> Since this is a corporate PC I cannot disable McAfee, so this even stops 
> me from ZIPping the damn DLL (to email to McAfee for analysis).
> 
> I'll have to revert to VisualD 0.45.0-rc2 for now, but it would be 
> useful if someone can report this according to [1).
> 
> [1]: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB85567
> 

This seems to pass most anti-virus programs on virustotal:

https://github.com/dlang/visuald/releases/tag/v0.45.1-rc1