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Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 6:40 am
Hey, guys!
So, today I noticed Windows Defender claims the ZIP archive with the Windows executables related to my programming language (compiler, a command-line calculator based on the same engine and example programs) contains a virus (it doesn't specify which, it deletes the file before I open it). I think it's a false alarm, because I compiled those programs on Linux, for which viruses are exceedingly rare. Furthermore, I scanned my computer using ClamAV on Linux and it found no threats (and I think it would detect it if it were there, because it even has some false-positives, such as claiming that MatLab for Linux is a virus). However, I don't know for sure. So, how can I know that with reasonable certainty? Furthermore, if that is a false alarm, what should I do to enable Windows users to run my programs?
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 7:16 am
Depends what's been caught in the zip.
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 7:25 am
(June 9, 2020 at 7:16 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Depends what's been caught in the zip.
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 7:32 am
(June 9, 2020 at 7:16 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Depends what's been caught in the zip.
Well, in the ZIP, there are 9 32-bit Windows console executable files, 2 of them compiled with Tiny C Compiler (running on WINE on Linux), and 7 of them compiled with FlatAssembler (again, running on WINE on Linux). There are also 2 JavaScript programs that can be executed by Duktape (they can't be run in Microsoft JScript), and 7 files containing containing source code in AEC (the programming language I made).
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 7:35 am
And two pubic hairs.
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 7:38 am
(June 9, 2020 at 7:35 am)Little lunch Wrote: And two pubic hairs.
Can't say I've ever experienced that.
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 7:46 am
Sounds great.
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 7:55 am
(June 9, 2020 at 7:35 am)Little lunch Wrote: And two pubic hairs.
I am asking a serious question. This can be preventing people from trying my programming language. My compiler is easy to compile from source (the Duktape JavaScript engine, on which my compiler is based, has basically no dependencies except a C compiler capable of compiling C99), but not everybody knows how to do that.
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 8:00 am
(June 9, 2020 at 7:55 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: (June 9, 2020 at 7:35 am)Little lunch Wrote: And two pubic hairs.
I am asking a serious question. This can be preventing people from trying my programming language. My compiler is easy to compile from source (the Duktape JavaScript engine, on which my compiler is based, has basically no dependencies except a C compiler capable of compiling C99), but not everybody knows how to do that.
Then I'll give you a serious answer: I'm sorry that I can't help you, but I know bugger all about programming.
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RE: Test if a ZIP is infected
June 9, 2020 at 8:03 am
(June 9, 2020 at 7:55 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: (June 9, 2020 at 7:35 am)Little lunch Wrote: And two pubic hairs.
I am asking a serious question. This can be preventing people from trying my programming language. My compiler is easy to compile from source (the Duktape JavaScript engine, on which my compiler is based, has basically no dependencies except a C compiler capable of compiling C99), but not everybody knows how to do that.
Sorry man.
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