RogueKiller identifies Hotspot Shield & Ultra Viewer as Trojans


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    RogueKiller identifies Hotspot Shield & Ultra Viewer as Trojans


    So I just updated RogueKiller's signature to do my monthly scan and surprisingly it detected both Hotspot Shield (VPN) and Ultra Viewer (Team Viewer Free Alternative) as Trojans , funny this can hardly be called a false positive because the Trojan names assigned are the actual package names of which (Anchorsoft HSS & TRJ:UltraViewer) .
    Now have these really shown any symptoms of rogue behavior ? as my company relies heavily on which .
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    Windows 10 Pro 21H1 19043.1348
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    I used hotspot for ages on another laptop and it always bugged my anti-virus. I just thought it was the result of the background network IP redirects and didn't let it bug me much. Eset has proven pretty reliable for me to catch unexpected attempts to transmit data. I'd be interested to learn if there's anything to this positive hit.
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    22H2 64 Bit Pro
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    RE: Hotspot Shield. They were dodgy at one point. I don't know if they've cleaned up their act:

    How to remove Hotspot Shield | adaware

    Privacy group accuses Hotspot Shield of snooping on web traffic | ZDNet
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    W10Prox64
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    Yeah, I've heard HotSpot was a privacy problem. I'd stay away from it. Don't know about Ultra Viewer though.
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