1828949 – Problem downloading Fedora 32 ISO - AVAST antivirus package on Windows 10 64bit machine aborted the download of "Fedora 32 Workstation ISO", saying that "Fedora.Mirror.Garr.it" was infected with Win64:Evo-gen"

Bug 1828949 - Problem downloading Fedora 32 ISO - AVAST antivirus package on Windows 10 64bit machine aborted the download of "Fedora 32 Workstation ISO", saying that "Fedora.Mirror.Garr.it" was infected with Win64:Evo-gen"

Summary: Problem downloading Fedora 32 ISO - AVAST antivirus package on Windows 10 64b...

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias:	None
Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	mirrorlist-server
Sub Component:
Version:	32
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Windows
Priority:	unspecified
Severity:	urgent
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Paulo Andrade
QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2020-04-28 16:07 UTC by Matthew
Modified:	2020-05-04 13:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)
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Last Closed:	2020-04-28 16:35:19 UTC
Type:	Bug
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Description Matthew 2020-04-28 16:07:10 UTC

Description of problem:  
The mirror containing the Fedora 32 Workstation ISO, "Fedora.Mirror.Garr.it" seems to be infected with a virus according to Avast Anti-virus application running on my Windows 10 64bit machine.  Avast therefore aborted the connection to the Mirror site and stopped the download.  Avast says the mirror is infected with "Win64:Evo-gen[susp]".


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 32 Workstation ISO

How reproducible:  
Second time I tried to download the Fedora32 Workstation ISO, it started to download but then Avast blocked the download after a few seconds, saying the mirror was infected with "Win64:Evo-gen[susp]". 
 This second downloas was comming from the mirror "ftp.stud.hs-esslingen.de".


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Go to Fedora website to locate the download links.
2. Select the Workstation ISO download link and start download.
3. Wait a few seconds and then Avast pops up with a warning and terminates the download and connection to mirror.

Actual results:
Avast antivirus application blocks the connection to the ISO download site/mirror after the download has started, effects more than one mirror.


Expected results:
Download once started should continue until finished.

Additional info:
Running the download from a windows 10 64 bit machine, with all updates applied for windows10 and Avast is upto date too.

Comment 1 Matthew 2020-04-28 16:23:50 UTC

I was downloading the 64 bit ISO "Fedora 32: x86_64 DVD ISO" found under Download Fedora Workstation.  Each time I start a download the download targets a different mirror and each so far has the same problem where Avast pops up and blocks the download after it's started.

Tried to select a module in report to reflect it's the ISO on the mirror host site that's triggering the problem.

Comment 2 Adrian Reber 2020-04-28 16:35:19 UTC

Avast needs to fix their scanner to not report this. Closing it as I think there is unfortunately nothing we can do on our side.

Comment 3 Adrian Reber 2020-04-28 16:46:52 UTC

I submitted it as a false positive here: https://www.avast.com/en-us/false-positive-file-form.php

Comment 4 Adrian Reber 2020-05-04 13:50:45 UTC

I just got an answer from Avast that they updated their virus database. Should be fixed now.

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