Webroot reports ransomware in Hazel

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Webroot reports ransomware in Hazel Tue May 22, 2018 10:43 am • by limbose
Hi,

Webroot antivirus reports Hazel as containing ransomware (also the Hazel installer is reported). The report states that there is a threat "OSX.Ransomware.KeRanger.1.r" in these files. Probably a false positive, but it still renders Hazel unusable on my system. Webroot is managed centrally, so I cannot make any adjustments to settings, or whitelist any files myself.

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Re: Webroot reports ransomware in Hazel Wed May 23, 2018 11:22 am • by Mr_Noodle
Is this still happening? When this first popped up last week, it appeared to be a false positive as it was also flagging other apps like the High Sierra installer. If you restore the files that WebRoot quarantined, zip up the prefPane and email it in, I can take a look to make sure it wasn't tampered with though I suspect it isn't, based on the previous reports I've dealt with.
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