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Originally Posted by BetterRed
My reading of that issue is that the detection occurred when calibre portable 4.9.1 was installed over the top of an existing install (XXXX). When it was installed into an empty directory (YYYY) it was OK, but when the install from YYYY was copied over the previous version in XXXX, Bitdefender and VT found malware.
That suggests to me there is something in that XXXX directory that shouldn't be there. Maybe the old exe got infected with a payload that's smart enough to attach itself to the replacement.
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ok i missed that subtlety. its a plausible theory which is what I was hoping for.
if the thread is still alive when 4.9.2 or later gets released, I will try installing over my current install and re-test