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Zoi
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SEOW false positive Virus scan

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I'm not much of a computer geek but was curious why this happens.

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IV/JG7_4Shades
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Post by IV/JG7_4Shades »

Never seen this before! Has your PC been infected recently?

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Zoi
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Post by Zoi »

It's a false positive, I scanned it with 41 antivirus programs. :D

https://www.virustotal.com/

I always check what my antivirus programs wants to do, in fact my antivirus programs have caused me almost as much grief as viruses.
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Post by PA-Dore »

Some antivirus programs detect false virus each time they found .EXE files.

Some users have the same behavior when connect to my IL2's database
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Post by II/JG3K.Brandle »

Some antivirus programs count the number of times programs have been downloaded. If its a small number, they try to remind you that the antivirus program was worth buying in the first place.
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Post by Zoi »

This post was made A because I'm a curious get, and B to remind people to watch what there antivirus is doing and not just accept it knows better than you.
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Post by Zoi »

I was hoping that someone more tech oriented than myself would pick up the ball here and run with it.

Clearly there is a problem and I have selected a blog that explains it. The false positive I posted was one of 5 I recieved all of them were from open sourse software,

If you feel frustrated, like me, about all these false alerts, you can help me and other small developers to stop Antivirus programs from detecting innocent tools as Viruses/Trojans.
http://blog.nirsoft.net/2009/05/17/anti ... evelopers/
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Post by IV/JG7_4Shades »

pick up the ball here and run with it
Run with it where? There is no technical solution to this problem.
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Post by Zoi »

Ok so it requires a political solution :D the SEOW community is a force to be reckoned with :wink: I really had no idea it was as serious an issue as it is for some small developers until I looked into it. This thread can now be moved to the political section as I have made my point.
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