# Trojan downloaded by brave

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/trojan-downloaded-by-brave/111432>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/trojan-downloaded-by-brave/111432 "2020-03-05T11:19:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Doofus](https://community.brave.app/u/Doofus)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/trojan-downloaded-by-brave/111432/2 "2020-03-05T12:34:07Z")

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This appears to be an ongoing issue at the moment. A number of anti virus products are flagging the Tor version of Brave as a Trojan virus. See the main discussion here: [Norton Anti-Virus detects tor-0.3.5.8-win32-brave-1 as a trojan horse](https://community.brave.app/t/norton-anti-virus-detects-tor-0-3-5-8-win32-brave-1-as-a-trojan-horse/111149)

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