VisualWorks-1.15.exe

Thank you Andres,

 

That is more then enough explanation for me.

Did'nt even know that they sorted files automatically and can be so mistaken on the way.

 

Regards,

 

@+Maarten,

 

 

On Sunday, 3 March, 2013 21:43, "Andres Valloud" <[hidden email]> said:

> Maarten, from time to time we get reports along these lines. So far,

> what we noticed is that every so often we get false positive reports
> from antivirus programs.
>
> Try uploading the file to http://virscan.org and see what results you
> get. If there are significant problems found (e.g. 90% detect the same
> type of malware), then we can start doing other things like making sure
> you got an unmodified version of the file etc. I just did that and I
> found the following.
>
> 1. Apparently I tried the same thing on the same file back in August of
> 2012, and I only got a positive report out of Avast. They tested 36
> antivirus programs back then, and only one out of 36 programs complains?
> I'd think that can be written off as a false positive.
>
> 2. I just reuploaded the latest version, and I get 3 out of 37
> antivirus complains about MS07, including Avast. I had to ask for a
> rescan because the file was the same that was uploaded before (via MD5
> hash).
>
> Huh. I eyeballed the executable's binary and I see nothing out of the
> ordinary at first glance. For something described as a backdoor, or a
> virus, or a trojan (depends on which of the 3 antivirus above you ask),
> I'd expect to see a significant chunk of executable that is compressed
> with some custom packer to obfuscate detection. I do not see any such
> thing. I do not even see a lot of executable bits at all, there's just
> over 4kb decompressed code (including code padding added by the compiler).
>
> I'd send the file to Avast and ask them to explain how MS07 is present.
>
> On 3/2/13 11:22 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When doing a 7.91 install on OSX 10.6.8 with Avast free edition running
> > I get a strange Virus warning on VisualWorks-1.15.exe in the preview bin
> > directory ?
> >
> > Any explanation ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > @+Maarten,
> >
> > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5848367/avast.png
> >
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