nrfconnect-setup-3.7.0-ia32.exe malware warning on VirusTotal

[Chris Pearson]

The nrfconnect-setup-3.7.0-ia32.exe installer gives a malware warning from Google's VirusTotal website. There's only one warning, but it's from one of the larger malware scanner companies (Comodo), so it might concern people.

The warning itself seems to be due to the JLink_Windows_V688a.exe that's included in the installer. Testing by unpacking the installer and repacking everything but the J-Link installer shows that no warnings come from the rest of the install package.

[Karl Ylvisaker]

Hello,

Thank you for making a ticket on this, so other users also can be aware of this.

Unfortunately, there is not much we can do about this since the file in question - JLink_Windows_V688a.exe - is made by Segger and thus it is them that needs to register it with either the VirusTotal project or Window's secure executable registry. You could contact Segger directly on their Segger Forum.

Thanks again for letting us and the community know about this though, we appreciate it! :)

Best regards,
Karl