NextSensor 2.7.3.0 Build 1201 (375KB) has a trojan virus

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Here at Majorgeeks we pride ourselves on testing and malware scanning each software application that is listed for download, Sadly these days many malwares try to emulate specific files used by many applications, and that seems to be happening with your AVG scan its picking up whats know as a false positive ( basically the virus definition files for AVG have a file listed which NextSensor use and have flagged it up as a trojan )

I re-downloaded this file and scanned with not just my own AVAST AV scanner but on many others I used to test this with just now at http://virusscan.jotti.org/ its not listed as a malware, 3 out of 21 scanners found something, and due to the nature of the application in a monitoring one it could be thought of as malware.

Personally I find the software fine and malware free, otherwise it wouldnt be listed at Majorgeeks and many other of the top download sites. As an alternative good free Temp Monitor I would suggest this one Speedfan if your not 100% confident in using NextSensor.



Many thanks for highlighting this and no doubt the owners of the site will comment as well.

 

Appears to be a false positive, this can happen with many programs that monitor or install stealth like, for example a key logger.