Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#11100 closed defect (fixed)
VBoxMMR.exe - Avira alert
| Reported by: | wacher | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Avira antivirus program detects VBoxMMR.exe as TR/ATRAPS.Gen.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
comment:2 by , 12 years ago
I believe you are right, I added the file to exceptions.
But maybe somebody must inform avira too.
comment:3 by , 12 years ago
A couple of changes have been made here:
- A VBoxMMR.rc file has been provided for VBoxMMR.exe, so it is no longer flagged by Avira.
- A new /with_vboxmmr flag has been added to the Guest Additions installer. VBoxMMR is only installed if that flag is used.
comment:4 by , 12 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
So this is fixed as of VBox 4.2.4.
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It's definitely an incorrect detection, since this file is not part of any trojan. However the contents of the executable can definitely look superficially like malware, as it installs a hook to intercept video streams (MMR = multimedia redirection). It is an optimization used only with VRDP, so it won't affect a normal VM at all.