We’ve had reports that a file included in Pretty Links has recently shown as “potentially dangerous” in some virus scanners. These reports are false positives, and you can safely download and install the plugin.
The false positive comes from a file we include from browscap.org. This text file helps Pretty Links identify which hits on your site come from bots (good and bad) so we can filter them out of your click tracking. Because the file lists the names (user agents) of some “bad” bots, some virus scanners falsely flag it as dangerous.
Is there anything you need to do about it? No. Pretty Links’ .ZIP file is safe — we take security seriously and would never compromise our customers’ trust. We are working with the support teams for many of these scanners (including Google Chrome’s download manager) to correct the false positives.
If you have further questions or concerns, please contact our support team.