Check out Clamv ( http://www.clamav.net/ ) It is a open source anti-virus, and you can scan a stream. So you do not need to save the file for scanning it. http://linux.die.net/man/1/clamscan Scan a data stream: cat testfile | clamscan – So it is quite easy, start the clamscan process with the – arg. write the … Read more
It is surprisingly common that Delphi applications are reported as (potentially) harmful by AV applications. It happened to me a while ago, using Delphi 2009, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010_March_20#Delphi.2FAVG_Issue. At SO, we also have Virus in Delphi 7 Accidentally created a virus? and many more. It might be the actual Induc Virus. But most likely, it is … Read more
I was always getting some false positives with PyInstaller from VirusTotal. This is how I fixed it: PyInstaller comes with pre-compiled bootloader binaries for different OSs. I suggest compile them by yourself on your machine. Make sure everything is consistent on your machine. For Windows 64-bit, install Python 64-bit. Download PyInstaller 64-bit for Windows. Make … Read more
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Do these false positives also occur with other compilers? Yes, this is has been a common problem in the past for AutoIt as addressed in this forum post “Are my AutoIt EXEs really infected?”. In most cases including AutoIt it stems from poor heuristic practices. Since AutoIt uses the free and open UPX compressor, it … Read more
I haven’t really done any measurements, but what I usually do is to exclude the real time scanning of my development folder (usually my :\Projects folder). That way, the compiler can work as fast as possible during my everyday repetitive tasks. I do have a daily scan that have the folder in question in its … Read more