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Cheater87
10/06/20 8:04:57 AM
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Good thing my AV detected it, damn that was a great program.

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BlazinBlue88
10/06/20 8:11:22 AM
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Imgburn triggers a false positive in several AVs.

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Cheater87
10/06/20 8:12:12 AM
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So it doesn't?

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BlazinBlue88
10/06/20 8:16:33 AM
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Cheater87 posted...
So it doesn't?
Nope. If you've had it on your computer for any spell of time without issue and your AV out of the blue started throwing alarms on it then it's probably a false positive. That goes for any software.

Also if you're still worried then uninstall it and redownload it from the official site, if you didn't originally. Looks like the current version is still the one they released back in 2013 so it should be safe. Otherwise people would have kicked Imgburn to the curb a long time ago.

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Cheater87
10/06/20 8:24:58 AM
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BlazinBlue88 posted...
Nope. If you've had it on your computer for any spell of time without issue and your AV out of the blue started throwing alarms on it then it's probably a false positive. That goes for any software.

Also if you're still worried then uninstall it and redownload it from the official site, if you didn't originally. Looks like the current version is still the one they released back in 2013 so it should be safe. Otherwise people would have kicked Imgburn to the curb a long time ago.

Kaspersky detected 2 things of adware and I scanned it with Avast and it found one. Opera blocked the download from the site cause of a virus also.

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Lonestar2000
10/06/20 8:25:15 AM
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BlazinBlue88 posted...
Nope. If you've had it on your computer for any spell of time without issue and your AV out of the blue started throwing alarms on it then it's probably a false positive. That goes for any software.

Also if you're still worried then uninstall it and redownload it from the official site, if you didn't originally. Looks like the current version is still the one they released back in 2013 so it should be safe. Otherwise people would have kicked Imgburn to the curb a long time ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImgBurn#Inclusion_of_Adware

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Cheater87
10/06/20 8:28:05 AM
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Dang, Virus Total has 20 detections.

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BlazinBlue88
10/06/20 9:09:15 AM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImgBurn#Inclusion_of_Adware
Interesting. Looks like the component that prompts you to install extra stuff during the install wizard ala "Want to also install Google Chrome or Yahoo toolbar?" is what's triggering the adware alert.

So apparently it does have adware but as long as you pay attention during install, then you're safe. Imgburn itself isn't harmful.

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