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Many users have a headache problem. When suddenly an antivirus program on Windows notifies that a recently downloaded Linux ISO file contains malware, it is actually only a misdetection, also known as false positive. This did not happen for the first time, but it has been reported for decades, but it has only recently been found so much that DistroWatch, a famous website in the Linux world, has to explain.

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The main reason is not that someone secretly stuffed viruses into ISO files. Because Linux developers create these files directly on Linux machines, there is almost no chance that Windows malware is attached. But the problem is that ISO files are filled with code to install the system, such as changing the disk structure, booting loaders, or running kernel-level code. All of which are normal steps that Linux installers have to do. But this kind of behavior seems suspicious in the eyes of Windows antivirus programs, so they are sued as potentially dangerous.

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DistroWatch confirms that virtually all of these warnings are misdetections. If anyone encounters this case, don't panic. What you should do is re-scan the file with another antivirus program to compare it. If the results are the same, report it directly to the developer of the distroWatch. Because reporting to DistroWatch doesn't help, since he's not the host of the file, he just acts as a link to the source.

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Windows 10 is currently expiring. Many people are preparing to move to Linux. Malware warnings may be worrying, but most are actually safe. Just need to know how to check more.

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Source: neowin

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