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#42335 RSFirewall false positive?

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Environment Information

Joomla! version
5.3.4
PHP version
8.4.12
Akeeba Backup version
10.0.6

Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 09 October 2025 15:36 CDT

Thursday, 09 October 2025 10:51 CDT

linkedla

Hello, I am using Akeeba Backup, I love it. thank you for a great and very helpful product.

I have a question, after installing RSFirewall I got these files as on the File Integrity section identified as malware, I suspect it is a false positive, but just for peace of mind i would like to ask.

This is RSfirewall message:

We've found a total of 3 malware scripts inside your files. Please review them manually as the scan might have detected false alerts.

file path/components/com_akeebabackup/vendor/greenlion/php-sql-parser/.project
file path/components/com_akeebabackup/vendor/greenlion/php-sql-parser/.buildpath
file path/components/com_akeebabackup/vendor/greenlion/php-sql-parser/.eclipse-PHP-formatter.xml

the alert comes because the (.) as starting on the file name.

Thank yo for your time to go over this and your advice on this matter.

Kind regards,

Jose

Edited by linkedla on 2025-10-09 10:54 CDT

Thursday, 09 October 2025 15:36 CDT

nicholas

Yes it is a false positive  open these files and read them. They are just info files from a third party library we use. The only reason RSFirewall flags them is because they are dot files which is really dumb, and even dumber calling them malware when they're not even code files!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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