Because bad actors have included sysinternals tools in their malware so the tools are being flagged. However, it is the old hammer argument. I can use a hammer to do good things like put nails in. I can also use it to hit someone. Is the hammer bad?
Why have multiple online virus scanners flagged my sysinternals zip file as dangerous?
David Porter
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i downloaded sysinternals from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/ and all 3 online virus scanners that I've always used flagged the zip file as dangerous.
virus total
metadefender
jottis
all 3 flagged the file as a trojan or trojan installer.
i just want to make sure that I have downloaded the file from the correct place and that the file is actually safe to unpack and run.
md5: d97a809873394418e26530e09bc29b13