# Can you confirm this is false positive?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-confirm-this-is-false-positive/228528>\
**Category:** Endpoint Security\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-confirm-this-is-false-positive/228528 "2020-04-17T13:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![j0taDasFestasPT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c4cdca/32.png) [@j0taDasFestasPT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/j0taDasFestasPT)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-confirm-this-is-false-positive/228528/1 "2020-04-17T13:51:45Z")

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Hi guys this 2 files were made by a github member for Folding at home project to display the protein that the program is working on, Virustotal triggered "Malicious (high Confidence)" only on your antivirus.

Can you confirm if it's a false-positive?

```auto
https://mega.nz/file/x5pV1KoC#yCA8H9QErQ4l8vvySevNmZSLQvcKtvwd-SYfNlvARAE
```

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**Author:** ![mark.dufresne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark.dufresne/32/84895_2.png) [@mark.dufresne](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mark.dufresne)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-confirm-this-is-false-positive/228528/2 "2020-04-20T15:18:37Z")

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Hello - Yes, this is a false positive which can be ignored. It'll appear in VirusTotal correctly within a couple of weeks. Thanks!

-Mark

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-confirm-this-is-false-positive/228528/3 "2020-05-18T15:18:44Z")

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