Virus infection warning and TC shutdown

[YEHA]

My computer is under the secure protection of my company.
However, when I run TC , it exits with an error message that TC is corrupted.
My computer is safe. How can I use TC without getting the above error message?

Hunchul Park

[Stefan2]

Welcome.
How has you installed TC on a protected company device?








 

[Horst.Epp]

Your copy of TC has been modified by a virus or other means.
The self-protection of TC checks itself on start-up and terminates if changed.
Download a new, fresh copy of the portable TC and try it.

[YEHA]

nk you both for your responses.
Yes, I've tried that before, but I'm going to try a fresh install this time.

[YEHA]

Hi~
Today morning, firstly I uninstalled twice as suggested and further reinstalled twice again with newly downloaded.
However, the result is the same.
The warning about a suspected virus infection still popped up.
I was no longer able to use Total Commander.
If possible, it would be nice to have a user-optional forced shutdown upon virus detection.

[Stefan2]

Hi Hunchul ,

from where do you download your TC ?

Which AntiVirus-prog do you use ?




 

[macleod]

Were you able to use TC on the same computer before, or this is your first try to run it on your company's computer?

And what message did you exactly get: TC exe corrupted, virus found or virus suspicion?

[Dalai]

2YEHA
How exactly do you run TC? Does it work properly if you run it via Windows' Run dialog (Win+R)?

[ghisler(Author)]

Please upload the file to virustotal.com. Total Commander reads its own program file on startup and compares it with a checksum stored in the file. It shows the virus warning if the checksum is different from the checksum calculated from the file content.

There can be multiple reasons why the checksum could be different:
1. The executable could have been modified, e.g. because your company added its own file signature
2. Some security software could prevent Total Commander from reading its own executable
3. A bad RAM module could cause read errors, resulting in an incorrect checksum

[YEHA]

Recently, a powerful firewall has been introduced to the network system in my office, and each PC is running a powerful security program. I also believe that the security program is causing TC to crash. This is not a problem with TC itself, so I will not create any more issues. However, I hope that it will be the user's choice to force a shutdown due to a suspected virus infection.

[Dalai]

There can be multiple reasons why the checksum could be different:

There's another possible reason: an unquoted path to TC containing spaces. See this old thread of mine (German). That's why I asked the OP how exactly TC is launched.

[macleod]

Probably a better way would be to ask the IT staff in your office. They should be able to tell you if TC is breaking current security settings. Some companies don't allow it to run unauthorised applications in their IT environment.

[Sir_SiLvA]

However, I hope that it will be the user's choice to force a shutdown due to a suspected virus infection.

Not gonna and not SHOULD happen.

[YEHA]

Now it seems that my only option is to give up using TC.
When I asked my IT guy, he said that they are only managing traffic such as blocking, not targeting specific programs or manipulating files.
I've really enjoyed using Total Commander, the successor to Norton Commander,

[Gral]

Why you still haven't answered one of the most important questions: where did you download TC from?
Also compute and post here the checksums for the installer and for the installed program file! (SHA1 or higher)

You're asking for help, but you haven't given us the even slightest chance to help you.