[tor-bugs] #32456 [Community/Tor Support]: Add a question about anti-virus reporting a virus in Tor Browser

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#32456: Add a question about anti-virus reporting a virus in Tor Browser
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     Reporter:  boklm                  |      Owner:  ggus
         Type:  task                   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                 |  Milestone:
    Component:  Community/Tor Support  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                 |   Keywords:
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 With each new Tor Browser release, some users are complaining that Tor
 Browser is reported as a possible virus by their antivirus. It seems that
 some anti-virus are reporting any program that has not yet been seen by
 many of their users as suspicious. Maybe also that some malwares include a
 copy of tor, leading some antivirus to claim that any program including a
 copy of tor is a malware.

 I think we should add a question about this on support.tpo, to explain
 that those warnings can be ignored if Tor Browser has been downloaded from
 the official website.

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