From dd7d6f97463aaec2833ce606e41cdbe32c1e2e2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Recchia Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 12:29:21 -0500 Subject: Grammar and wording regarding virus protection software MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I chuckled reading that my virus protection software might flag the miner binary as “male ware,” and rewrote that section of the documentation. --- doc/FAQ.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md index 215048d..ca23038 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/FAQ.md @@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ This typically means you are trying to run it on a CPU that does not have [AES]( ## Virus Protection Alert -Some Virus protection software flag the miner binary as *Male Ware*. -In this case the binary is moved to the quarantine area of the protection software. -This is a wrong alert and not avoid by use. -Add the binary to to protection software white list to solve this issue.s +Some virus protection software flags the miner binary as *malware*. This is a false positive — the software does not contain any malware (and since it is open source, you can verify that yourself!) +If your antivirus software flags **xmr-stak**, it will likely move it to its quarantine area. You may have to whitelist **xmr-stak** in your antivirus. ## Change Currency to Mine -- cgit v1.1