Malware Which Is Not Installed

I downloaded a program from shareapps as I can't find the trial version of the software I'm looking for.
After a scan with Avira, it was flagged but I have not installed it yet.
Is it safe to keep on my system without installing?

 

In theory, yes.
But why keep it if you're not going to install it?

What program? Someone might be able to find the trial version for you.

 

Upload it to virustotal.com and post the results URL back here, we may be able to work out why it was flagged and/or suggest a possible replacement.

 

Thanks for responding. I'd prefer not to say which program. The trial version is not available as I have contacted the developer company directly and they may be phasing the program out, this is an older program. The result from the scan is:
[DETECTION] Is the TR/Dropper.MSIL.Gen Trojan

 

The 'Gen' (generic) indicates that it's a non-specific detection, a guess based on something like 'similar to', eg. the dev. may have used a compression tool or wrapper to package it that has historically been used to wrap a trojan downloader.

Without further details, VT's detection ratio and 'quality' of the companies detecting it + their breakdown, there's no way to be reasonably sure whether it's a false positive, malware or a PUP.

 

OK thanks for advising.
I'll keep researching to see if something comes up.

 

I did a scan with Malwarebytes and got this as a flag.
Malware.AI.4080159656

 

Are you using a cracked Malwarebytes?

 

satrow. No I am using a trial version of Malwarebytes.
plodr. OK I will delete the program then. Is there any documentation that says what it does?

 

Then the unmentionable software is most likely to be a cracked version.

Difficult to find documentation without knowing what it is.

 

No worries, thanks for the help.