is GUIMiner-scrypt safe?

[Ford]

Around a week ago, i downloaded GUIMiner-scrypt from the download link on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=150331.0

However, now when i run a Malwarebyte scan, this is telling me the downloaded file (extracted files), and my chrome browser is now infected with:

• PUP.BitCoinMiner
• Trojan.BtcMiner.TS
• PUP.Proxy.BCM
  

Are these false positives, or are these something i need to worry about and remove?

Thanks
Ford

[billym2k]

Yeah, those are false positives. Miners appear in a lot of malware to get other computers to mine for them, but since that's what you're doing, you can go ahead and run it.

[Ford]

any ideas why this says it has infected my browser, as mining software should have nothing to do with this?

[VforVictory]

Weird, that Trojan shouldn't be there... I get the PUPs, though, which you can probably ignore.

[AuroraHF]

Well because it's a bitcoin miner, silly.  

It's just false positives, but as for the infected browser one, you might want to run a thorough scan for that. I've received false positives from the miner from AVs, but never for browsers.

[Ford]

Well because it's a bitcoin miner, silly.  

It's just false positives, but as for the infected browser one, you might want to run a thorough scan for that. I've received false positives from the miner from AVs, but never for browsers.

OK thanks, im happy at that. (i was only trying to get a better understanding of mining anyhow.... My pc would take 10,000+ years to mine any)
I am doing some scans to check i have cleared all trace from my browser.... 
I dont want to loose my "virtual shines".... i dont care what they are worth, or that i can never hold them, never see them, etc, but for some reason i have grown attached to them  (time to put the little fellows in cold storage i think!)

Thanks
Ford