My 626X has been offline for a few days due to an electrical rework, when I turned it on I noticed these antivirus notices in the log: Sun Apr 2 2017 6:35:34 System: Antivirus scanner found a threat (Heuristics.Broken.Executable) in the file /Data/Data/Software/iStat/iStat Menus Installer.app/Contents/Resources/iStatLocal. Please delete the infected file soon if automatic delete setting is not enabled.Sun Apr 2 2017 6:35:34 System: Antivirus scanner found a threat (Heuristics.Broken.Executable) in the file /Data/Data/Software/iStat/iStat Menus Installer.app/Contents/Resources/PrefpaneLauncher. Please delete the infected file soon if automatic delete setting is not enabled. So are the Antivirus heuristics wrong, or is the iStat App really infected? Anyone noticed anything unusual? I have the equivalent iStat App on all my Macs (3), which have very effective antivirus checking, and they have not reported anything unusual.

Tonkinite wrote: Yes, 6.6.1. So the recommendation is just turn it off? Or upgrade to 6.7.0. You might need to manually install 6.7.0. Netgear releases firmware for manual installs first, and puts it on the "check for updates" server later.

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Bjango iStat App infected?

My 626X has been offline for a few days due to an electrical rework, when I turned it on I noticed these antivirus notices in the log:

Sun Apr 2 2017 6:35:34		System: Antivirus scanner found a threat (Heuristics.Broken.Executable) in the file /Data/Data/Software/iStat/iStat Menus Installer.app/Contents/Resources/iStatLocal. Please delete the infected file soon if automatic delete setting is not enabled.
Sun Apr 2 2017 6:35:34		System: Antivirus scanner found a threat (Heuristics.Broken.Executable) in the file /Data/Data/Software/iStat/iStat Menus Installer.app/Contents/Resources/PrefpaneLauncher. Please delete the infected file soon if automatic delete setting is not enabled.

So are the Antivirus heuristics wrong, or is the iStat App really infected?

Anyone noticed anything unusual?

I have the equivalent iStat App on all my Macs (3), which have very effective antivirus checking, and they have not reported anything unusual.

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StephenB
Apr 06, 2017
Tonkinite wrote:

Yes, 6.6.1.

So the recommendation is just turn it off?

Or upgrade to 6.7.0.

You might need to manually install 6.7.0. Netgear releases firmware for manual installs first, and puts it on the "check for updates" server later.

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funglenn
Luminary
Apr 06, 2017
you do not state what OS you are running, but if you are running 6.6.1 , that OS build has been documented to have broken the antivirus software. Do a search and rest easy....... if 6.6.0 or older, there have been no reports of issues with that AV engine
- Tonkinite
  Luminary
  Apr 06, 2017
  Yes, 6.6.1.
  
  So the recommendation is just turn it off?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 06, 2017
    Tonkinite wrote:
    
    Yes, 6.6.1.
    
    So the recommendation is just turn it off?
    
    Or upgrade to 6.7.0.
    
    You might need to manually install 6.7.0. Netgear releases firmware for manual installs first, and puts it on the "check for updates" server later.

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Bjango iStat App infected?

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