Update to Launcher is triggering virus software

[KieraB]

Hi, is anyone aware of an issue with the newest update to the launcher?  My Kaspersky total security app keeps deleting it insisting that it is malware.  https://gyazo.com/d486110c4a498e4ca1c2edcf0e5103c1

[KrisCreative]

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Workstations is showing the same behaviour.

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[freedomfries]

I have the same issue. My install of Launcher downloaded the latest update, 1.6.1-beta.411, and Kaspersky kept blocking it and removing it, after flagging it as malware. I had to disable the antivirus to run the update. Afterwards, Kaspersky detects the installer in my app data folder as malware. I had to run a "disinfect" procedure that deletes the installer.

[Lorraine Berry 0]

Exactly the same issue here. Kaspersky deletes the exe file when I switch my computer in the morning. It identifies the update as a trojan. When I tried to download the update direct from the site, it halts the download, identifies it as malware and attempts to disinfect my computer.

[Morinehtar]

Hi all,

Thanks for this information.
We will investigate on this and try to understand what changed on Kapersky to trigger this behaviour !