RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 20, 2024 at 8:55 pm
Virus checkers get very uptight about compilers. I've had problems with them flagging a compiler that used CLANG as a virus.
Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
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RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 20, 2024 at 8:55 pm
Virus checkers get very uptight about compilers. I've had problems with them flagging a compiler that used CLANG as a virus.
RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 8:23 am
(February 20, 2024 at 8:46 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:(February 20, 2024 at 9:48 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Yesterday, I ported my solution of the N Queens Puzzle from the WebAssembly dialect of AEC (which I wrote back in 2021) to the x86 dialect of AEC. And Windows Defender complains that the executable is malware known as "Program:Win32/Wacapew.C!ml". That's implausible, as Wacapew.C!ml is a Trojan, and not a virus which can infect other executable files. Switching to Linux doesn't exactly solve that problem. ClamAV, the antivirus software you get with Linux, also has many false positives. It once labeled MatLab as malware, causing me to lose many hours of work (because I had to do a laboratory exercise using MatLab from home, as physical laboratory exercises were cancelled due to the pandemic). RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 8:28 am
(February 20, 2024 at 8:55 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: Virus checkers get very uptight about compilers. I've had problems with them flagging a compiler that used CLANG as a virus. But what's weird to me is that it's not only my compiler that gets labeled as malware, but also the programs compiled by my compiler. Windows Defender has labeled the "bottles.exe" as a Trojan, "rose.exe" as Potentially Unwanted Software and "nQueensPuzzle.exe" as a Trojan. RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 8:29 am
RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 10:03 am
(February 20, 2024 at 11:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 20, 2024 at 9:48 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Yesterday, I ported my solution of the N Queens Puzzle from the WebAssembly dialect of AEC (which I wrote back in 2021) to the x86 dialect of AEC. And Windows Defender complains that the executable is malware known as "Program:Win32/Wacapew.C!ml". That's implausible, as Wacapew.C!ml is a Trojan, and not a virus which can infect other executable files. Stop believing the common misconception that antivirus false positives are rare. And try to guess why the vendors of antivirus software aren't held liable for the damage they cause with false positives. RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 11:31 am
(February 21, 2024 at 10:03 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:(February 20, 2024 at 11:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What are we supposed to do with this information? You say that like it’s something I should care about. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 12:53 pm
(February 21, 2024 at 11:31 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 21, 2024 at 10:03 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Stop believing the common misconception that antivirus false positives are rare. And try to guess why the vendors of antivirus software aren't held liable for the damage they cause with false positives. Do you have antivirus software on your computer? If so, the same thing could happen to you. RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 12:57 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2024 at 1:32 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(February 21, 2024 at 12:53 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:(February 21, 2024 at 11:31 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You say that like it’s something I should care about. Yes I do and no it couldn’t, because I don’t install your crap programmes on my computer. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 1:25 pm
Antivirus software only exists in prisons.
“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius RE: Windows defender has, once again, incorrectly identified my program as malware!
February 21, 2024 at 7:35 pm
(February 21, 2024 at 12:53 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:(February 21, 2024 at 11:31 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You say that like it’s something I should care about. I can't speak for anyone else, but I haven't had an anti-virus false positive, in Windoze or Linux, in well over a decade. This sounds like yet another 'you' problem.
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