Bitdefender is noticing me that the following file has a malware infection (Using z88dk v2.2):
\Z88dk\bin.x86\z88dk-appmake.exe
Type detected: "gen:variant.babar.97188"
Does any of you also getting this message when you scan this file?
Probably the file is just containing a string comparable with this malware, so I excluded it for now and kept the file. But I would like to know your scan info, better to be safe then sorry
Malware detection on z88dk-appmake.exe?
Re: Malware detection on z88dk-appmake.exe?
Well, I scanned it with ClamAV and detected nothing:
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----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 8646988
Engine version: 0.103.7
Scanned directories: 2614
Scanned files: 24640
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 619.16 MB
Data read: 268.15 MB (ratio 2.31:1)
Time: 117.690 sec (1 m 57 s)
Start Date: 2023:01:03 10:44:31
End Date: 2023:01:03 10:46:29
Re: Malware detection on z88dk-appmake.exe?
I have the same problem with GData Antivirus, which uses Bitdefender as a secondary scan engine. This is annoying because GData is mandatory for me at work. I have no problem at home with Windows 7 and Microsoft Security Essentials.
GData is prone to have false alarms, it is also blocking some of my Visual Basic 6 programs that I wrote 20 years ago.
@WORP3: if you have a private license for Bitdefender, then maybe you could contact their support, so that they would mark the appmake exe as safe?
Re: Malware detection on z88dk-appmake.exe?
Thank you for your reply and additional scan. In the meantime I was able to scan it with ESET which didn't give any problems at all. So probably bitdefender is probably using a string that is just present inside that exe. I will try to contact Bitdefender support about it, will let you know if somethings is coming out.RobertK wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:48 pmI have the same problem with GData Antivirus, which uses Bitdefender as a secondary scan engine. This is annoying because GData is mandatory for me at work. I have no problem at home with Windows 7 and Microsoft Security Essentials.
GData is prone to have false alarms, it is also blocking some of my Visual Basic 6 programs that I wrote 20 years ago.
@WORP3: if you have a private license for Bitdefender, then maybe you could contact their support, so that they would mark the appmake exe as safe?
Re: Malware detection on z88dk-appmake.exe?
Out of curiosity, did it happen on a particular version of z88dk-appmake ?