# Trojan warning in Processing 4 beta

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/trojan-warning-in-processing-4-beta/35779>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [March 16, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/trojan-warning-in-processing-4-beta/35779 "2022-03-16T12:49:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaimikael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@kaimikael](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kaimikael)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/trojan-warning-in-processing-4-beta/35779/1 "2022-03-16T12:49:31Z")

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Bitdefender Virus Scanner flags the presence of “Java.Trojan.GenericGBA.31260” in processing/core/PShapeOBJ.class. It’s been there since at least 4.0b3, still there in 4.0b7.  
It presumably is a false positive, but can someone who knows their way around the code confirm this?

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/trojan-warning-in-processing-4-beta/35779/2 "2022-03-16T14:54:41Z")

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Hello,

Related:

- [My Processing 4.0 will not open](https://discourse.processing.org/t/my-processing-4-0-will-not-open/35359)

- [Virus Trojan Detection with Windows Defender Antivirus on core.jar file in Processing](https://discourse.processing.org/t/virus-trojan-detection-with-windows-defender-antivirus-on-core-jar-file-in-processing/1012)

`:)`