# Virus Detection While Downloading Kibana 8.16.1 from Official Site

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virus-detection-while-downloading-kibana-8-16-1-from-official-site/371846>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 11, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virus-detection-while-downloading-kibana-8-16-1-from-official-site/371846 "2024-12-11T14:56:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rajani\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajani_kumar/32/139907_2.png) [@Rajani\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajani_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virus-detection-while-downloading-kibana-8-16-1-from-official-site/371846/1 "2024-12-11T14:56:42Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to download **Kibana 8.16.1** from the official Elastic website, but my laptop is detecting a virus during the download process. Has anyone else encountered this issue or have suggestions on how to safely download the version? Any help would be appreciated!

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virus-detection-while-downloading-kibana-8-16-1-from-official-site/371846/2 "2024-12-11T17:32:04Z")

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Welcome!

Thank you for your report.

Elastic's security reporting guidelines are available at [Security issues | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/community/security).

Per those guidelines, all reports of potential security issues or vulnerabilities should be sent via email to [security@elastic.co](mailto:security@elastic.co).

We are unable to discuss potential issues of this nature here. Please send your report to the email address above, where it can be appropriately handled.

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**Author:** ![crstn.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/crstn.s/32/139950_2.png) [@crstn.s](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/crstn.s)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virus-detection-while-downloading-kibana-8-16-1-from-official-site/371846/3 "2024-12-12T02:30:14Z")

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i experienced the same issue today

 ![Screenshot 2024-12-12 031351](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/6/f6421b313b4b40ced4cf6b92b231074a61a17279.png)

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**Author:** ![sholzhauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sholzhauer/32/110282_2.png) [@sholzhauer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sholzhauer)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virus-detection-while-downloading-kibana-8-16-1-from-official-site/371846/4 "2024-12-12T13:59:34Z")

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Hi, there is a [github issue](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/202114) for this.  
And [a discussion on the community slack](https://elasticstack.slack.com/archives/CRGSUQC20/p1733300303813349).

Just posted the same in [Trojan's detected by ESET when extracting the contents of Kibana 8.16.1 for Windows](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trojans-detected-by-eset-when-extracting-the-contents-of-kibana-8-16-1-for-windows/371896)