# Malicious is reported in the zip file for windows platform

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malicious-is-reported-in-the-zip-file-for-windows-platform/256707>\
**Category:** Elastic Security\
**Created:** [November 25, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malicious-is-reported-in-the-zip-file-for-windows-platform/256707 "2020-11-25T19:38:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dtln](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@dtln](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dtln)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malicious-is-reported-in-the-zip-file-for-windows-platform/256707/1 "2020-11-25T19:38:47Z")

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I scan the zip file for windows platform which downloaded from ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-install.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-install.html))  
using virustotal. But it report that it has Malicious in it.

## report

CRDF Malicious

Do you know why?

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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:** [November 30, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malicious-is-reported-in-the-zip-file-for-windows-platform/256707/2 "2020-11-30T14:56:11Z")

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Hi dtln. I downloaded and rescanned the 7.10 Windows zip (6b564904d3cf5189e8370c6126f73e72c0b646ac6a7cc2a434c00b92506f1059) in VirusTotal and see 0 AV engines reporting anything in the zip as malware. I do see that [CRDF](https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/) is reporting installers for a couple of our Beats as malicious, though. I will initiate a [FP report](https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/false_positive.html) with them in hopes that they will fix the FP. I assure you the zip file is safe.

-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:** [November 4, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/malicious-is-reported-in-the-zip-file-for-windows-platform/256707/3 "2022-11-04T08:18:27Z")

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