Kaspersky detected mercury.exe as a Trojan on the portable packages.

[enese94]

I was testing which compiler version were the best on my PC with the portable versions, and Kaspersky started to pick all the folders with a Trojan.

This is what Firefox said:

Hoje, 06/04/2024 15:29:07;Processo terminado;Mercury;mercury.exe;C:\Users\jorge\Desktop\mercury_123.0.1_win64_SSE4\mercury;8596;DELL_7610\jorge;Utilizador ativo;Terminado: PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic;Terminado;PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic;Trojan;Alto;Exatamente;mercury.exe;mercury.exe;C:\Users\jorge\Desktop\mercury_123.0.1_win64_SSE4\mercury;Processo;

[enese94]

The installer does it too, after installed it reports the mercury.exe as a trojan

[gz83]

Mercury does not contain any malicious code, and all the code it uses is open source and you can view it at any time. In addition, you can also try to compile Mercury yourself, and you will get the same installer and browser.

At the same time, Kaspersky may occasionally report normal third-party Chromium-based installers and browsers as Trojans or viruses, which are false positives, so you can try sending the installers and browsers to Kaspersky for review.

[enese94]

I already did, whitelisted the installation folder, and send the mercury.exe file to Kaspersky Threat Intelligence, for them to do the review.