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Avidemux => Windows => Topic started by: AvidemuxEnjoyer on November 13, 2025, 11:18:36 PM

Title: Win64 Installer Contains MaxSecure Malware
Post by: AvidemuxEnjoyer on November 13, 2025, 11:18:36 PM
The Win64 installer currently hosted on FossHub is blocked by my IT department because it is bundled with "MaxSecure" malware:

Win64/VC++ 2.8.1 Install (64 bits), FossHub,
SHA256: dd962bc788d7d955b04e163e7e1a6620b573adc379bf2ea2a2c25585782b4dca

(https://image2url.com/images/1763075448453-fb386f3b-42ac-40bb-bc53-7f941df8fc96.png)

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/comments/rz7gzn/maxsecure_the_antivirus_i_dont_recommend/

Is there any other place where I can download Avidemux without the bundled "MaxSecure" malware?
Title: Re: Win64 Installer Contains MaxSecure Malware
Post by: sark on November 14, 2025, 02:51:10 PM
If you need the VC++ version.

https://www.avidemux.org/nightly/vsWin64/
Title: Re: Win64 Installer Contains MaxSecure Malware
Post by: eumagga0x2a on November 14, 2025, 11:49:53 PM
MaxSecure like Cynet is one of many antivirus vendors integrated by VirusTotal service. All antivirus engines are prone to false positives. Meanwhile, the false positive for ADM_core6.dll by Cynet seems to have been corrected: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d6c4d78667f0185ddd2d315ce3c76967339c76bfb9e8476e29ba2862292a705c?nocache=1 (https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d6c4d78667f0185ddd2d315ce3c76967339c76bfb9e8476e29ba2862292a705c?nocache=1)

The false positive by MaxSecure for fontconfig.dll seems to persist: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c085b9a1a80e0ab66582a8952390ab3ccff0b8f5cfa196cf01da0ed16129c21e?nocache=1 (https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c085b9a1a80e0ab66582a8952390ab3ccff0b8f5cfa196cf01da0ed16129c21e?nocache=1)

Quote from: AvidemuxEnjoyer on November 13, 2025, 11:18:36 PMThe Win64 installer currently hosted on FossHub is blocked by my IT department because it is bundled with "MaxSecure" malware

Everything following "because" is false and completely misinterprets the content of the screenshot.

Quote from: sark on November 14, 2025, 02:51:10 PMIf you need the VC++ version.

https://www.avidemux.org/nightly/vsWin64/

Yes, the latest available 2.8.2 nightly build is far less buggy than the last release. If cross-compiling from source (https://github.com/mean00/avidemux2) is out of question, resorting to official nightlies is the second best option (no published checksums or digital signatures, unfortunately).