Thread: Avast antivirus thinks Calibre is a threat
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Old 02-02-2019, 02:57 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
It is understandable that antivirus software might flag calibre as potentially malicious. The executable is a Python interpreter that downloads and executes code in the fly (plugins). That is powerful but also inherently dangerous.
Hmmm, that makes me curious. If you are correct then why have I been able to run both Avast and Calibre for at least a few years without any issues until today?
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