Re: [Gimp-user] Update blocked by trend micro

[Kasim Ahmic <kasim ahmic gmail com>]

For what it’s worth, I also use Trend Micro and have been very happy with it over the years.

As was stated previously, Trend Micro, like every other internet security software, can report some false 
positives from time to time and that may be what’s happening here. I saw mention here that this was a company 
machine though I can’t seem to find it now. If that is in fact the case, it may be that the security config 
is set a bit tighter than it otherwise would be.

I would recommend a few things:

1. If this is a corporate machine, I recommend speaking with your Sys Admin team to see if it is okay to 
install the software first. Following that, ask them to review the file for any security vulnerabilities.

2. Trend Micro flagged the .part file which means that it was flagged before the file was fully downloaded 
and that might be causing some issues. As Liam suggested, re-downloading the file might solve this.

3. If Trend Micro flags it again, it seems that it quarantined the file which should mean that you can get 
the file back and run a security scan on it after it’s completely downloaded. If Trend Micro reports it as 
safe, you should be good to go.

P.S: I did also just download the exe myself and ran a security scan on it. Trend Micro reported that it was 
fine though this isn’t a conclusive test as I think the GIMP website shuffles the mirrors used. Could be 
wrong on that

Thanks,
Kasim Ahmić

> On Nov 16, 2021, at 9:44 AM, Ruben Safir <ruben mrbrklyn com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:37:09PM +0100, Michael Schumacher via gimp-user-list wrote:
> > > On 15.11.21 22:55, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 09:31:20PM +0100, Jernej Simončič wrote:
> > > > On Monday, November 15, 2021, 13:31:01, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In the last 40 years in the GNU field I have heard a lot of bad advise
> > > > > but rarely as bad as this.  Ignore this advise by Rick Strong and
> > > > > ditch tend micro - ASAP.
> > > >
> > > > I kind of doubt that TrendMicro is the problem,
> > >
> > > Set aside with the doubts because they ARE the problem
> >
> > Ruben, I am pretty sure that the core issue in this thread is experience.
>
>
> No - but I have the experience and you do not.
>
> The core issue is that trendmicro is not a reliable source of 
> security and is a bad actor.
>
> Nothing fixes that.
>
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