I downloaded and installed Dev-C. I generated a console project. Without
editing anything, I compiled the project and got a virus warning!
Avast! reported that it had found "Win32:Malware-gen".
How do I convince myself it's safe to report a false positive?
How can I let anyone else have an executable I produce if they always get a
virus warning?
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Was that really Dev-C or rather Dev-C++?
What version?
Where did you download it from (link).
What process exactly was the virus reported for?
If it was reported for you code, does it do it for any project or a specific
one?
Is your project in fact a virus? ;-)
Do you have aggressive heuristic settings enabled on your AV: this may
increase the chance of false positives.
In the end however, why take the risk or spend the effort investigating when
there are other better tools available? Use VC++2008 Express instead. Dev-C++
is becoming antique, is unmaintained, and it's debugger sucks royally.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
I downloaded and installed Dev-C. I generated a console project. Without
editing anything, I compiled the project and got a virus warning!
Avast! reported that it had found "Win32:Malware-gen".
How do I convince myself it's safe to report a false positive?
How can I let anyone else have an executable I produce if they always get a
virus warning?
Was that really Dev-C or rather Dev-C++?
What version?
Where did you download it from (link).
What process exactly was the virus reported for?
If it was reported for you code, does it do it for any project or a specific
one?
Is your project in fact a virus? ;-)
Do you have aggressive heuristic settings enabled on your AV: this may
increase the chance of false positives.
In the end however, why take the risk or spend the effort investigating when
there are other better tools available? Use VC++2008 Express instead. Dev-C++
is becoming antique, is unmaintained, and it's debugger sucks royally.