iclacs.exe flagged as a virus: issue in Wine official repos?

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iclacs.exe flagged as a virus: issue in Wine official repos?

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Hello,
While using Wine 5 stable, I noticed that the file iclacs.exe, included in the package, is flagged as potentially malicious by ClamAV (as Win.Malware.Trickbot-10018337). To double-check, I uploaded it to VirusTotal, and multiple antivirus engines there also flagged it as a virus, associating it with various threats.

Since I’m sure that iclacs.exe is part of Wine’s official repositories, I’d like to ask:
  1. Could this be a false positive?
  2. Is there any known reason why this file might be flagged as suspicious?
  3. Could it be an issue of compromise?

Wine version: 5 stable
Tools used: ClamAV, VirusTotal

I hope you can help clarify this situation. Thank you!
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Fix typo: icacls.exe
Last edited by jackluminous on Sun Jan 26, 2025 6:02 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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