# Latest windows plex client triggers APC Malware threat

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** player-windows\
**Created:** [October 4, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/latest-windows-plex-client-triggers-apc-malware-threat/748304 "2021-10-04T13:27:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![dbzoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dbzoo/32/86430_2.png) [@dbzoo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbzoo)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/latest-windows-plex-client-triggers-apc-malware-threat/748304/1 "2021-10-04T13:27:56Z")

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Has anybody else noticed that the latest plex client triggers an APC malware threat?

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/3/a/03aec5f846b52fb1a33f4a096638e2cdec6deaa6.png)

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/latest-windows-plex-client-triggers-apc-malware-threat/748304/2 "2021-10-04T14:20:36Z")

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Upload it to [virustotal.com](http://virustotal.com) and see how many different anti virus packages agree on that detection.

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**Author:** ![dbzoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dbzoo/32/86430_2.png) [@dbzoo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbzoo)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/latest-windows-plex-client-triggers-apc-malware-threat/748304/3 "2021-10-04T15:10:21Z")

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Great idea. I would but the anti-virus software won’t let me read the file and as I’m using a work supplied machine I don’t have control to disable it. I can only tell you how many bytes it is; 39,936 libcharset-1.dll If I can install the same elsewhere I can upload it, but then I’m not verifying this exact file either. Let me see what I can come up with.

Nobody else has an issue. Stupid ass Carbon Black. I hate this thing.  
[https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/9036ed3518e5a31a106dce8bff5ab50c6bbf3f4dc332bbf366bb8a9eb2a2ae13/detection](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/9036ed3518e5a31a106dce8bff5ab50c6bbf3f4dc332bbf366bb8a9eb2a2ae13/detection)

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/latest-windows-plex-client-triggers-apc-malware-threat/748304/4 "2021-10-04T18:17:59Z")

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This file is a regular part of Plex for Windows.  
Mine is also 39.936 Bytes big.

So I guess it might be a false positive.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/latest-windows-plex-client-triggers-apc-malware-threat/748304/5 "2022-01-02T18:18:07Z")

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