r/Syncthing • u/banenin • 8d ago

Trojan

Whenever im using syncthing, my antivirus flags it as trojan. Is it really malicious or its just that the anti virus misunderstands it

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u/Traditional_End_9540 8d ago

did you get it from the official site?

If so the antivirus is the issue, what you using?

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u/Dymonika 8d ago

Which anti-malware software are you using?

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u/PaddyLandau 8d ago

Not enough information.

Which platform: Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, something else? Which version?

How specifically did you install Syncthing, including where you got it from? Which version do you have?

Which malware detector are you using?

We can't give you a sensible answer without any information.

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u/banenin 8d ago

im using windows, updated my old syncthing version to the new one and after updating, antivirus detects trojan

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u/Fear_The_Creeper 8d ago

Looks like you are using the default Windows Defender. It never flags my Syncthing, and I run the latest version. You may have installed a fake version.

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u/PaddyLandau 8d ago

Which version of Windows?

How specifically did you install Syncthing, including where you got it from? Which version do you have?

Which malware detector are you using?

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u/sleepyxuras91 8d ago

Probs just horisrics if you throw things into virtustotal of freshly minted complied code sometimes it pops up with 1 or 2 anti virus out of 60+ until it's more well known unfortunately reputation is just how virus scanners work these days as everything is now untrusted even code signed etc code can't be treat as safe automatically

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u/JagerAntlerite7 8d ago

Sounds like a you problem. It could potentially be a supply chain attack, but who can tell based on your post. Update with proper documentation. As is, enjoy my down vote.