Malware in Adobe Illustrator?

[StarAG​]

I got this.. and this is my work PC so I am little concerned.

[Monika Gause]

So your antivirus doesn't like Illustrator's New Document Profiles?

Illustrator will not creative new files without them. 

[StarAG​]

I understand, but is this false detection?

Even why did it detected so? I have never seen such alerts before.

[Monika Gause]

Most likely it is a false positive. But of course you could have malware that has infected those files.

You might want to the company that makes your antivirus.

[StarAG​]

I understand, but I am very vigilant on my activities. And I strongly doubt that the pc has any kind of infection.

Could it be possible for you to get those files checked internally.?

Even if it is false positive, this should not have happened.

[Monika Gause]

THis is the community forum. 95% of us aren't employees.

If  you want assistance from an employee, please contact them at https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html 

[Srishti Bali]

Hi StarAG​,

Thanks for reaching out. As Monika said, most chances are that this is false detection, but if you have doubts, you can uninstall Illustrator completely and clear these files. Once done, reinstall it from the Creative Cloud. 

Best,

Srishti