Virus in Livecode 10 on Windows

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Virus in Livecode 10 on Windows

Post by golife » Thu Jan 02, 2025 3:48 pm

Hi all

Before writing a bug report, and avoiding false-positive, here is a snapshot of a warning of my virus detection progrqam hinting at a Virus in LiveCode on Windows 11:

In my case, the file path is:
"C:\Program Files\RunRev\LiveCode 10.0\Runtime\Windows\x86-32\Externals"

Anybody had similar warnings? In my case, the file was automatically deleted by the detection program which is "G DATA".
Virus.png
Thanks for feedback, if you have any ))). Roland

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Re: Virus in Livecode 10 on Windows

Post by FourthWorld » Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:28 pm

I've seen false positives from antivirus programs with many packages. Many use Bloom filters for compactly storing their comparison data, a highly efficient structure where the trade-off is a tendency toward false positives.

If you write the tech support for the antivirus vendor they likely have a way you can send them the flagged program (in this case LC), and if it checks clean they may whitelist it in their next data update.
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Re: Virus in Livecode 10 on Windows

Post by golife » Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:24 pm

Oh, thank you very much, Richard

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Re: Virus in Livecode 10 on Windows

Post by FourthWorld » Fri Jan 03, 2025 12:46 am

golife wrote:
Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:24 pm
Oh, thank you very much, Richard
Happy to help. Please let us know if they confirm the false positive.
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