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Installed latest VLC Player 3.0.21 on windows 10. I can not stream a simple https...mp3 that Firefox can and does. -_- Tried turning off Anti-Virus and Firewall. Please help me solve this problem. Thank You Here is the Details: Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL ' https://14833.live.streamtheworld.com/IM_1.mp3 ...

1 out of 70, I believe it's a false positive from an obscure antivirus.

The hash belongs to vlc-3.0.21-win64.exe
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/974 ... 715ec60c59

Which file are you taking about ? The installer ? The ZIP file ? The executable ?
Post the URL of this Virustotal report.

That said, VLC 3.0.21 is out for several months now and no one has reported any issue of this kind yet.
1 warning out of 65/70 must be a false positive.

Hi, I downloaded directly from VLC website and verified downloaded file has hash "9742689A50E96DDC04D80CEFF046B28DA2BEEFD617BE18166F8C5E715EC60C59".

Since we don't know how you obtained VLC, it is not honestly possible to answer.

Antivirus programs are known to throw false positives with VLC due to half-assed signature databases, but who knows about your case.

VirusTotal - Zillya security vendor detected Trojan.Rozena.Win32.223574.

Please confirm if this is of concern or a false positive? Thanks.

... it is also not important if it is a video file or an audio file or whatever and I have not installed any new software lately and also did full virus scan that showed no infections. I also tried a clean boot and the problem still shows up. And I also did sfc/scannow and dism. Did not help either. ...

left it for the night, retried and seems to be working now

Already explained by Chubinou, if you get 1 warning out of 62 scans then it's likely a false positive.

trying to update to 3.0.20 'vetinari' on windows is doing the same thing now

OMG! And we've been thinking how we can solve the issue. It's good that you did a deep virus scan, though, and it revealed the root of the issue.

I have one further update . . . Turns out that a deep virus scan was required. This revealed remote accessing software in an ISO trial download . It may of been active or inactive but remote s/w of some sort was detected by a 3rd party and reported ...

... both my computers and stream from one computer to the other? I have turned off Windows defender on both computers, and suspended my Kaspersky Anti Virus software, this does nothing to resolved the issue. Objective: Stream A/V from the internet, or play a local MP4 file, on Computer A (windows 11 ...

Hi, Using an up-to-date Windows 10 Home with all firewalls and virus protection turned off. Running the latest VLC, 3.0.18, on a lenovo legion desktop with 1TB SSD system drive, 32 GB ram, i7 processor, Nvidia RTX graphics card, an internal cd-rom drive, ...

... and I don't trust it. If I paste the link in network stream, assuming that vlc does not have any security holes, could my computer still catch a virus?

Hello.

when entering a web address and playing it in vlc network stream. Can I then get a virus in my computer from that website if it is a bad website?

... here’s what you need to do Click Start. Type “Windows Security” and click the option under “Best match”. In the new window that opens, click Virus & threat protection. Under the Virus & threat protection heading, click Manage settings. Set the Tamper Protection toggle to the Off position ...

... video, etc. I've tried increasing the network cache up to 1000, same issue. I even reset my network setting on my computer and disabled the anti-virus, just in case, no fix. Since it's across every Android device, I'm guessing it's a bug. Let me know if anyone knows of a solution I can try. It's ...

... know what else is running in the background so I cannot tell you what else might be running on this PC at the same time. I DID however have a virus at one point i gotten from a Winamp mod that caused it to permanently crash at startup in which is why I use VLC for public stream broadcasting, ...

... could argue that the default Windows OS that comes from Microsoft has no malware, so there should never be a need for Microsoft Defender or Anti-Virus programs. But we know that being cautious is the only way to prevent heartburn for the users.

... to `include <directx.dll>`. And this could just be replaced by `include <C:/Windows/System32/directx.dll>` and it would prevent this specific virus from working? Not something you would want to do in general, but their might be a use for such a program in specific circumstances where security ...

... us, it's the file which is at fault. If we can play it properly, the problem is elsewhere either the OS, a corrupt driver, or possibly vlc or anti-virus etc. You can also upload it to zippyshare. Just drag and drop the mp3 to start the upload. Make a note of the URL and post that here. https://zippyshare.com/

From how the article was written, it appeared that the hacked vlc was distributed from the original site itself. Where have you read that ? Give your source. Because the exploit needs an access to the target computer, nothing is "distributed" with VLC itself: Researchers at Symantec, a di...

hello, I always download vlc from the original site.
From how the article was written, it appeared that the hacked vlc was distributed from the original site itself.