I’m using Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2 Build 19042.1052 and Kaspersky Free 21.3.10.391. I have used Qt opensource for a quite while and didn’t recognize any particular problem. Today I was trying to add some components and before that I’d have to update Qt’s MaintenanceTool. I did so and then started downloading the components, about two hours in downloading suddenly Kaspersky advanced disinfection window popped up and after it finished the computer was restarted. I found that MaintenanceTool.exe was identified as PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic and was deleted. Detection report: Event: Malicious object detected Application: MaintenanceTool.exe User: ... User type: Active user Component: System Watcher Result description: Detected Type: Trojan Name: PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Threat level: High Object type: Process Object path: c:\qt Object name: maintenancetool.exe Reason: Databases Having in mind the Qt’s reputation, I think this could be a false positive. Question 1: Is there any way to stop the so called disinfection process? it wasted 2 hours of my time by suddenly stopping the update process. Question 2: Can someone in Kaspersky analyze MaintenanceTool.exe and report back how its behavior is similar to a trojan?
