Rast Sound has released Lumo loudness enhancer reg. €79 Now FREE

[peter]

Rast Sound has released Lumo loudness enhancer plugin for Mac & Win.

Lumo is available as a free download (reg. €79) until February 24th.

https://rastsound.com/downloads/lumo/

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[doug]

I just downloaded it and Windows Defender flagged it as containing a virus.

This would be a clever signature if I could think of one.

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[galacov]

ESET Internet Security didn’t detect a virus.

I think Rast Sound is relatively trustable, so it should be false positive.

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[Fleer]

Thanks @peter

sweet freebie from a sweet dev

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[peter]

On galacov said

ESET Internet Security didn’t detect a virus.

I think Rast Sound is relatively trustable, so it should be false positive.

I would tend to agree. We have a software engineer in the community, @jorge I would love to get your expert opinion on this. I believe there are certain hoops that Windows program authors have to jump through and that may be the reason for getting this false positive.  But my expertise isn’t software, yours is, and it’d be valuable to get your insight on this.

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[jorge]

On peter said

On galacov said

ESET Internet Security didn’t detect a virus.

I think Rast Sound is relatively trustable, so it should be false positive.

I would tend to agree. We have a software engineer in the community, @jorge I would love to get your expert opinion on this. I believe there are certain hoops that Windows program authors have to jump through and that may be the reason for getting this false positive.  But my expertise isn’t software, yours is, and it’d be valuable to get your insight on this.

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Thanks Peter

When it comes to security issues, I like to be cautious.

I have downloaded the Windows file and I have examined it with the tool I have at my hands, and I haven’t recevied any warning or alert about it.

I have uploaded the file to Virus Total to examine the file, and only one of 72 vendors, has detected an alert about it.

The alert of one of all 72 vendors, does not mean that contains a virus.

But here some comments about this:
– Depending of the algorith used by the vendor and other technical process inside, could detects false alerts.
– If there is a virus inside, is strange that only one antivirus detects it.

Here the report from Virus Total:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c85eede0dcaf14b28792dd327469fa8d7afb1d6dcbe4d77f30eaf51b759ad87c/detection

After this, I have sent the file to kaspersky as well.
And in this case, with one suspicius activity with a low impact.

Here the report from kaspersky:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/C85EEDE0DCAF14B28792DD327469FA8D7AFB1D6DCBE4D77F30EAF51B759AD87C/results?tab=upload

Honestly, I don’t think there is a high threat, but you have to be careful.

Sometimes the virus is not in the program itself, but in the installer, which was created with an infected computer.
The ideal is to always generate the binary files that you are going to run on a machine in an isolated environment.

In this case, everything “seems” to be fine. But I remain cautious because the ideal is that all virus and malware analyses have zero alerts/risks.

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[peter]

Wow, @jorge, your post epitomizes why I value subject matter expertise and defer to experts when possible.  Thanks much for taking the time to make that post and provide those helpful insights.

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[doug]

I downloaded this on another Windows computer and it did not flag it. So I am inclined to think that it was a false positive as well.

This would be a clever signature if I could think of one.

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[jorge]

On peter said

Wow, @jorge, your post epitomizes why I value subject matter expertise and defer to experts when possible.  Thanks much for taking the time to make that post and provide those helpful insights.

Your friend who keeps the beat. I suppose I’m also the chef at this place.

Thanks @peter and all people in this forum.
I try to be useful and help only. 🙂

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[jorge]

On doug said

I downloaded this on another Windows computer and it did not flag it. So I am inclined to think that it was a false positive as well.

This would be a clever signature if I could think of one.

It’s quite possible.
For me, the strange thing is that only one antivirus detects it as dangerous.

But it is true that many people install plugins without thinking about the consequences, and here I give all the value to sharing it on the forum when an alarm goes off.

Caution is very important, because there are people out there with bad intentions.

So, thank you so much for share these types of possible dangers.

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[dsteinschneider]

I’m in IT and often field requests in the same way Jorge did (thanks!)

Many installers will trip VirusTotal with one or a few “heuristic” alerts that essentially mean there are “virus like” aspects to the installer. I think in many cases it’s just the scanner has never seen the file before. Many installers trip these type alerts.

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[deleted user]

I often just claim these things, sometimes download them at the time and then just set a reminder to install in a month or so.

It gives them a chance to find bugs and update, security software a chance to get exposed to the file and people to submit samples to help with false positives. And if there was anything malicious in there, intentionally, or otherwise, then it would probably come to light by then.

With online activations, it also means less fighting everyone to get it activated if their servers are getting hammered.

Sometimes I also end up hearing how bad some of them are and save adding junk to my system!

I still come across a few false positives, but it is easier overall.

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[jorge]

On musicman said

I often just claim these things, sometimes download them at the time and then just set a reminder to install in a month or so…

I do the same 🙂

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