Trojan found in Packages backups

[Sono]

Kaspersky Antivirus has just found a Trojan (Trojan.PHP.Kryptik.gen) in the backup of my forum on my computer, in the Packages\backups library. The package backup is: 2024-02-14_before_SMF4Mobile-mod.tar.gz

I still didn't scan the online copy of the file. Can I delete it just as is, or it is needed for a proper uninstall of the package?

[vbgamer45]

You can delete.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You don't need it to uninstall the mod, it's just there as a backup in case the mod install/uninstall goes sideways and you didn't do your own backup.

[Steve]

It could also be a false positive. I'd check it with something else to confirm, like Malwarebytes.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Yeah, many definitions ending with .gen can cause false positives too, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case. But simply removing a backup file is safe, if everything is working correctly.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I've seen this several times where Kaspersky flags viruses in package backups, but nowhere else.  Don't think they're real.