Imgtool detected as a virus by McAfee

[Alain_T]

I was compiling LED example in ArduinoBLE | Peripheral when McAfee detected a virus and removed it.
Since, I've got the message :
Compilation error: exec:
"C:\Users\Alain\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\imgtool\1.8.0-arduino/imgtool":
file does not exist

LICENSE.txt is now the only file in the directory.

I reinstalled arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc6_Windows_64bit the compilation message came back again.

How to reinstall imgtool ?
I will check with McAfee what to do with this false virus.

[ptillisch]

Hi @Alain_T. Thanks for your report.

I confirmed your finding that "McAfee-GW-Edition" detects this file as malware:

VirusTotal

@Alain_T

How to reinstall imgtool ?

1. Download imgtool 1.8.0-arduino for Windows 64-bit by clicking this link:
   https://downloads.arduino.cc/tools/imgtool_1.8.0-rc1_Windows_64bit.zip
2. Wait for the download to finish.
3. Unzip the downloaded file.
4. Copy the file imgtool.exe from the unzipped folder to this folder:

   C:\Users\Alain\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\imgtool\1.8.0-arduino\
   

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Please let me know if you have any questions or problems while following those instructions.

[Alain_T]

Thank you ptillisch for the detailed informations.
I've send an email to McAfee with your link to VirusTotal and the original false detected file.
I will let them some time before compiling my ArduinoBLE again.

[kuralkaeakshay]

Thank you its also helping me