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Is there something wrong with the new update on FRST on bleeping computer? virus total? trojan

Dimploz Mark 0 Reputation points
2025-09-08T06:20:46.36+00:00

Hello i downloaded frst from bleeping computer and ran it through virustotal and it got flagged as a trojan dropper is there something wrong with this updated version? Should i be worried?

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a20f7b0f264bb2cc7e65b1756e3df48fba2f0eb4151f8e1bd3ecb276e37bc7ab/detection

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  1. DaveM121 815.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-09-08T06:58:37.9766667+00:00

    The Farbar Recovery Scan Tool is not a Microsoft product and that VirusToral indicates all the major AV companies found no problem with that utility, this happens a lot with VirusTotal, so most likely, it is just a false positive, the best option is to report this on Beeping Computer.

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