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NegruGabriel-1980 asked cheong00 commented

Visual Studio 2008 build is a virus

Hi friends,
I just discover that one of my softwares codded in visual studio 2008 it has 4 positive reports on virus total.
After i made my search i discovered that even if i create a new project with 1 form and NO line codes,the final buils it has the same 4 positive reports on virus total.
NOTE that there is no code in the new build at all!

Here are the reports:
SecureAge APEX
Malicious

Cybereason
Malicious.9fe179

Cylance
Unsafe

Microsoft
Program:Win32/Wacapew.C!ml

What can i do to resolve this?

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Hi @NegruGabriel-1980 ,
What kind of anti-virus software do you use?
You can consider contacting the company that provides virus detection software and reporting your problem.

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WayneAKing-0228 answered cheong00 commented

False positives.

You should try building your programs using a much
more recent compiler. Such as VS 2019, or even 2017.

In the past I had numerous small programs that I had built
using VS 2008 which often triggered false positives from
AV/AM applications. Often just adding additional code
to my program would be sufficient to stop the false
alarms. Also rebuilding them with a later version of
VS usually eliminated the FPs.

There was/is some pattern in code generated from
VS 2008 that appears to match a behavior pattern or
signature which occurs in some malware. Submitting
examples as false positives to the AV/AM producers
is only practical if the program is not going to
undergo any further development. Otherwise, every
time you rebuild the app using VS 2008 the cycle
may start over.

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I have installed VS 2019,builded a program with success and now i have 6 false positive instead 4. :)))

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That makes me think... maybe it's time to check your system for infection(s).

Maybe it's just me but I've never had "false positive" problem with freshly compiled programs built with VS2008 and 2017.

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Can you recommend a good scanner for infections?
Thanks for reply

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