"Home Backup & Restore" indicates that it is malware
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After the download, my security software McAfee indicates that it is malware and stores it in the security file; aren't the CCM software checked before being offered for download???
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On CCM Downloads, the files offered are not automatically guaranteed to be "safe" just because they are listed. CCM hosts links and installers that may sometimes contain potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) or bundled components integrated by the software publisher or partners. Antivirus tools, like McAfee, often classify these PUPs as "malware" or "unwanted."
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Hello still to both of you,
It would undoubtedly be helpful, before recreating them, to consult the threads on this subject that are epidemic for a reason that escapes me, probably the recent addition of the software in question to the CCM software library.
It is most likely due to the fact that the software in question contains PowerShell scripts which, like all scripts, can be malicious and which, according to the security software, are systematically prohibited (change of security software) or, as it should be, subject to user approval who must examine their scope (executable, action, possible protocols and ports involved).
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-38264346-home-backup-restore#dernier
The case is not unique.
A certain number of Windows functions will invoke PowerShell, as well as a variety of third-party software, and these scripts are not malicious by nature.
This is the case, for example, with my antivirus updates (Comodo), as well as a number of utilities aimed at uninstalling or disabling installed Windows applications, telemetry, a number of system settings, either by direct call through these scripts (for example Windows 10 Debloater) or indirectly through a graphical interface (for example Winaero Tweaker).
The logic is not crazy because a number of these utilities will not go through PowerShell but through other scripts or even programming languages without necessarily being intercepted by the security software that is focused on the issue.