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Downloaded software and antivirus.

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I was wondering what the safety of software downloaded via Software Informer is. There is a program downloaded called WinDVD Pro, and the antivirus identifies it as being a malicious-Win32/packed.Thermida software. Why?

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I think that all the URLs and packages are scanned with an antivirus before they're added to the Software Informer database. I have downloaded apps for many years and there were no threats like yours, but the Thermida notification is related to the packer used to compile the software. I can say this is safe and you should ignore the warning. Downloaded the program and installed it and it was working just fine. The antivirus didn't mention anything about the software as being infected.

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The software database of SI is quite safe because it scanned every software package through different anti-viruses before make them available for download. Check the Anti-virus scan result before downloading a software and just for precaution Re-scan it by any anti-virus before installation.

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