Virus (?) message in 9.6

[Alain Delmotte]

Hi,

My antimalware system scanned my disk and found a problem.

What shuold I do?

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IObit Malware Fighter

OS: Windows 10
Version: 13.1.0.1617
Engine Version: 13.0.0.1620
Database Version: 2563
BDVersion: 7.100217(01/30/2026 01:06:47 GMT)
Scan Mode: AutoCare-Idle
Scan Type: Smart Scan
Time Elapsed: 00:43:24
Objects Scanned: 116902
Threats Detected: 1
Save Time: 02-02-26 22:37:00
Scan Status: Completed

|Name|Type|Description|ID|Hash|
Gen:Variant.Lazy.706117, file, C:\Program Files\J9.6\bin\jconsole.exe, 0, 048bc51c56a7cd923b3eac49b767b334
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Regards,

Alain Delmotte

[Raul Miller]

First, reinstall with a freshly downloaded instance of J and see if that makes the report go away.

If it does not, this is most likely a false positive. Sadly, malware detection is sometimes flawed.

However, if you still feel uncomfortable, get a checksum (sha1sum, sha256sum, ...) or several on the file. Then compare with those checksums on copies of that version of the file that other people have (especially the official copies). For example:

$ shasum -a 1 J9.6/bin/jconsole.exe
b96db1b468c69877e56b3043dc4e908aa1175d84 *jconsole.exe
$ shasum -a 256 J9.6/bin/jconsole.exe

9329f0b62aee1888ce2d216ddaa908ca65b1942751aeeb7adde1b3c7b131a10e *jconsole.exe

Thanks,

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Raul

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