Malware warning on 1.1.11 - phone home

[cruznsquaw]

How is it that after all these years of wondferul VideoLAN Open Source software we went without those things that were NOT appreciated in other players. Here we have a version that sekurity agencies love with all these ones and now I get the malware warning on installation of this version?
How do we know what this is doing?
How does the non-techie know there isn't some kind of rootkit installed?

What's up with this?!
Please post the in's & out's of why this was done and what can be done to get rid of whatever nefarious code was installed.
I would have loved to click the 'donate' button, but put off by this action.
Thank you.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

There is no malware in the original VLC. Are you sure you downloaded the right one from videolan.org and not a scam site?

[cruznsquaw]

I did the software update through the 'Help' menu. Normal. Just before the final installation process completed, ESET popped up with a warning that the installation contained malware. Of course I selected to block it. But what's even more strrange is I looked through the quarantine log and there was no mention of the intruder. I should have taken a screen shot before clicking the 'Delete' button.

I was as surprised as anyone could be when the warning appeared. This was with my I-don't-care-about-this-laptop unit, so I'm not so worried about what gets on it. But I do have a system that I keep well protected against -anything-, based on principle.

Thanks for your inquest. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this.

Dell Inspiron 1100
XP sp3
P4 2.8
1GB

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Never heard about that issue before...