Kaspersky flagging uBlock Origin (Chrome and Firefox) for containing Trojan.Win32.Hosts2.gen

[TheStash]

uBlock Origin 0.9.5.0 Firefox (Download Source: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/)
uBlock Origin 0.9.7.0 Chrome (Download Source: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm)

Kaspersky Internet Security 15.0.2.361 (File Anti-Virus & Web Anti-Virus Heurisitics are set at Deep-Scan)... i generally never encountered any issues with this settings with every day usage, as Kaspersky has low false positive rate.

Kaspersky logs screenshot:

[gorhill]

Duplicate of uBlock-LLC/uBlock#763.

[TheStash]

Does deleting or disinfecting the malicious object cause the extension not to function properly?

[gorhill]

Not sure what Kaspersky deleted.

If it only deletes assets/thirdparties/someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts, it should work fine, unless you select that filter list, in which case it won't load obviously.

[gorhill]

Actually, if it's on Chrome, you will have issues as Chrome will consider that the extension package has been tampered with and will flag it as such in the Extensions page. Firefox I am not sure, but they are also migrating soon to signed packages.

[TheStash]

Chrome didn't flag it (yet) in the extensions page, and i am not really using this filter, but it is actually a bit scary when Kaspersky flags it, given their reputation and your user base type (people who care about privacy and security)

Thank you for you work :-)