BeerSmith - Security Threat?

[MrBJones]

Has anyone ever gotten a flag when running a pc scan, saying that BeerSmith is a security threat? I just ran a scan with Norton 360, it alerted me. It's BeerSmith 2, has never happened before.

 

[Knightshade]

You could check the file hash against virus total and see what it says.

Windows : Powershell
Get-FileHash <insert path and name of file>

Mac : Terminal
shasum -a 256 <insert path and name of file>

example:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/371106996a6ff4700c8bfbfbc6d4e6f39cfa5c6691edc15223f680b49e5b0657

 

[Ultryx]

First off, you should ditch that Norton 360 crap. End of discussion.

 

[MaxStout]

False positives by AV programs are not uncommon. If it spots an app that's not known as safe in the AV's "library," it assumes the app is suspect. BeerSmith is kind of niche; possible Norton is not aware of it or has no data on it.

 

[McMullan]

Is it possible Norton 3 is now managed by da Brewfather crew?