NxLog marked as virus | Log collection solutions

#1 ChristianPangestu 8 years ago

Hi there,

Has any of you encountered this virus warning? The scan was done using TrendMicro HouseCall.

Is my nxlog infected? Thanks for your help

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#2 adm Nxlog ✓ 8 years ago

#1 ChristianPangestu

Hi there, Has any of you encountered this virus warning? The scan was done using TrendMicro HouseCall. Is my nxlog infected? Thanks for your help

This is a false positive by TrendMicro. It's been there for quite some time, see this report by virustotal:

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/19da0d88368840eb4ca02d06aca4b33482065463a3373d1269173b28d22749f0/analysis/

TrendMicro didn't respond to our re-classification request. You should be able to add nxlog as an exception if you want to continue using the TrendMicro scanner.