[GNC] Problems installing GnuCash 5.14 with Anti-virus software.

[Ken Pyzik]

John -- as you already probably know and as others have noted, this is 
not a GNUCash issue - it is a false positive being pushed by Norton.  I 
have Malwarebytes installed on my machine and it did not peep when I 
installed GNUCash.   Many of the anti-virus software products flag open 
source projects as viruses or Trojan when they are not.   Once, I had 
Malwarebytes flag Libre Office as bad after I had a power surge, and, I  
had to go into the software and change the setting to finally allow it 
to be able to write files.

I would report your findings to Norton. They are the ones flagging it 
incorrectly.

Ken


------ Original Message ------
>From "John M. Thornton" <n125jt at gmail.com>
To gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Date 12/22/2025 2:06:24 PM
Subject [GNC] Problems installing GnuCash 5.14 with Anti-virus software.

>When I went to install the new 5.14 version, it was flagged by Norton for
>having a Trojan Horse installed within aqpaypal-tool.exe. It at first would
>not even allow me to download 5.14 until I removed it from Quarantine.
>After it is removed, it seems to finish the installation.
>
>Threat name: Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
>Threat type: Trojan Horse - This threat pretends to be something else
>(e.g., picture, document, or other file) to trick you into running it and
>infecting your computer.
>Status: Moved to Quarantine
>Options: Report false detection
>Detected by: Auto-Protect
>On PC from: 12/22/25, 3:58 PM
>Last Used: 12/22/25, 3:58 PM
>Startup Item: No
>
>Thanks,
>John
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