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The famous issue of AVs False Positiv

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:05 am
by salutcava
Hi to All.
Some years ago with avira, and today with Avast i have false positiv alerts about .exe compiled with PureBasic.
I think PureBasic got no problems, but i got some questions about this famous problem which people already talked about on this forum.

Would this append too if i compile a new code with MS Visual C (express or not express version) ? :) :) :)
Actually it should regarding to what i've read on this forum about False positivs. But cant find people talking about this case on internet.But i ask, i can't check myself. (low disk space free)

My second question is :

Since some people get this issue and some doesnt, is it possible that Purebasic got no problem and Avast does correctly its job, and the OS is really infected by something not related to purebasic ?

Thx for your answers if there are.
In any case i'll never regret to have buy PB, and you should do same if you didnt already :)
Have nice day to All.

Re: The famous issue of AVs False Positiv

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:07 am
by Fred

Re: The famous issue of AVs False Positiv

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 3:54 pm
by salutcava
Thanks for answering Fred.
If even official IDE are involved in this issue... let spam AV's editors with false positiv as suggested in the link :p
Something i can't understand is, why they don't use the same way to validate a false positiv and the way the AV works...
I just hope they dont test each binary one by one....
Heuristic is a good concept but fails experimentaly, that's sad the only good way to detect viruses simply doesnt work at all.
See you all !

Re: The famous issue of AVs False Positiv

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:45 pm
by MachineCode
Heuristics = guesswork.

Re: The famous issue of AVs False Positiv

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:53 am
by IdeasVacuum
Heuristics = Marketing Hype

Re: The famous issue of AVs False Positiv

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 8:31 am
by Bisonte
Heuristics = The ruin of freelancers

If "normal" user see it, you can't sell your software anymore. Aunt "Lisa" and Grandpa "Bob" don't thrust you and your software anymore...