VirusTotal detects malware in Battle.net app installer

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As stated, VirusTotal detects multiple malware in the Battle.net app installer.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Download Battle.net app
  2. Upload to VirusTotal
  3. VirusTotal will scan, give results

These are the detections it found:

VirusTotal string: 002f33fee7b8a159058368b7e93e492931c4ca72e90660bdb2691bcd62fedd3c

Bkav Pro
W32.AIDetectMalware

Jiangmin
Trojan.PSW.Lumma.ej

VBA32
TrojanPSW.Vidar

Is it safe to install the Battle.net app or has it been compromised? Thanks, just thought I would give an FYI to the devs.

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False positive, most likely.

Ensure you’re running the latest version of VirusTotal.