kvrt-x86_64

maintainer jasongodev · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The package installs a prebuilt Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool binary from an official Kaspersky domain, which is a legitimate security tool; the non-whitelisted host is part of Kaspersky's infrastructure, and the binary is not obfuscated or malicious in this context.

Triggered rules

LOW Few votes, recently uploaded zero_votes_recent

Uploaded within the last 14 days with 2 or fewer community votes — little peer review so far.

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package installs a prebuilt Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool binary from an official Kaspersky domain, which is a legitimate security tool; the non-whitelisted host is part of Kaspersky's infrastructure, and the binary is not obfuscated or malicious in this context.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
MEDIUM source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

  • PKGBUILD:18 source_x86_64=("$pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel.run::https://devbuilds.s.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/kvrt_linux/latest/kvrt.run")

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: Jason Go <jasongo@jasongo.net>
2
3pkgname=kvrt-x86_64
4pkgver=24.0.6.0.202607310338
5pkgrel=1
6pkgdesc='Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool - Runtime and Database Signature'
7arch=('x86_64')
8url='https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-virus-removal-tool'
9license=('LicenseRef-EULA-Kaspersky')
10makedepends_x86_64=(
11 'binwalk'
12 'gendesk'
13)
14optdepends_x86_64=(
15 'kesl-gui: Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux'
16)
17options=(!debug)
18source_x86_64=("$pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel.run::https://devbuilds.s.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/kvrt_linux/latest/kvrt.run")
19b2sums_x86_64=('a4a68472de17b7a24faf88ade2f279fde0c1de93114061da460bc574d0e5938846d58066512d53b3fbd6b077ff07a456a34ba403903b33b80a4d9a3e7f952024')
20
21prepare() {
22 if [[ "$CARCH" != "x86_64" ]]; then
23 return 0
24 fi
25
26 # Extract kvrt icon
27 binwalk -M -q -e $pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel.run 2>/dev/null
28 mv $srcdir/extractions/kvrt-*.run.extracted/*/decompressed.bin.extracted/*/bin/libKvrtGui.so.extracted/1F72E5/image.png kvrt.png
29
30 # Create .desktop file
31 gendesk -f \
32 --pkgname="kvrt" \
33 --name="Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool" \
34 --comment="Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool helps clean your Linux PC of malware if it has been infected." \
35 --exec="/usr/bin/kvrt" \
36 --icon="kvrt" \
37 --categories="System;Security"
38}
39
40package() {
41 if [[ "$CARCH" != "x86_64" ]]; then
42 return 0
43 fi
44
45 install -Dm775 "$pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel.run" "$pkgdir/opt/kvrt/kvrt.run"
46 chmod +x "$pkgdir/opt/kvrt/kvrt.run"
47
48 # Create the kvrt symbolic link
49 mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
50 ln -s "/opt/kvrt/kvrt.run" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/kvrt"
51 ln -s "/opt/kvrt/kvrt.run" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/kvrt.run"
52
53 # Copy the icon and desktop file
54 install -Dm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/" kvrt.png
55 install -Dm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/" kvrt.desktop
56}
57

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-31 00:14
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# Maintainer: Jason Go <jasongo@jasongo.net>
pkgname=kvrt-x86_64
-pkgver=24.0.6.0.202607292308
-pkgrel=6
+pkgver=24.0.6.0.202607310338
+pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool - Runtime and Database Signature'
arch=('x86_64')
url='https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-virus-removal-tool'
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
optdepends_x86_64=(
'kesl-gui: Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux'
)
-provides_x86_64=('kvrt-run')
options=(!debug)
source_x86_64=("$pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel.run::https://devbuilds.s.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/kvrt_linux/latest/kvrt.run")
-b2sums_x86_64=('05d01e870271389263927329504ea7fd96031981ce547972fa12c97f611bb9a098291e2dec99db18abb3916ff86d68ea57484455c9de3a321b396e1b4dcd6d0d')
+b2sums_x86_64=('a4a68472de17b7a24faf88ade2f279fde0c1de93114061da460bc574d0e5938846d58066512d53b3fbd6b077ff07a456a34ba403903b33b80a4d9a3e7f952024')
prepare() {
if [[ "$CARCH" != "x86_64" ]]; then

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)SeverityRules
2026-08-03 00:08:14 LOW 3
2026-08-02 00:16:08 LOW 3
2026-08-01 00:11:18 LOW 3
2026-07-31 11:17:50 MEDIUM 2
2026-07-31 00:14:10 LOW 3
2026-07-30 21:16:48 MEDIUM 2
2026-07-30 19:16:23 MEDIUM 3
2026-07-30 17:26:41 MEDIUM 3
2026-07-30 17:15:21 MEDIUM 2

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