Possible virus BoardTestSystem32.exe

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

 We have stopped an application from running called BoardTestSystem32.exe. The binary was located in the directory: C:\altera\14.1\kits\arriaVST_5astfd5kf40_soc_orig\examples\board_test_system\BoardTestSystem32.exe   The reason why we blocked this binary is because the SHA256 value of this binary matches a common virus on virus total SHA256:05bb1b4d1f53c8bb737fb03904a2b04822bdabd9ba17c4c240f408432a7d9a5f  https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/05bb1b4d1f53c8bb737fb03904a2b04822bdabd9ba17c4c240f408432a7d9a5f/analysis/  We know that we have several users using Altera and we wanted to double check that this binary is indeed your binary as it is unsigned and has a poor reputation on virus total.  Can someone validate that this is indeed a trusted payload? I will be analyzing this in a sandbox environment, but would like some input from the community here.  Cordially,  Tim

[Altera_Forum]

I don't know about that particular executable for that dev kit. However, I am aware that a number of these board test system executables, for other dev kits, have caused my anti-virus software to highlight them, as you found. I suspect there is a common segment of code in all of them that is being identified. 

 I have chosen to add an exception for each one and continued to run them, successfully. I'm unaware of any untoward behaviour from any of the PCs I use.  Note: I offer this as an observation only and not with any guarantee that your executable does not contain a virus!  Cheers, Alex