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
UPDATE: Similar issue for an MSI installer: How to avoid the Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting warning? Older discussion (recommended): How to pass the smart screen on Win8 when install a signed application? Another writeup here: How to add publisher in Installshield 2018 (might be better). Too long for a comment. … 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
In the recent versions of windows (at least XP onwards) there is the concept ‘filters’ which can be viewed using MS Filter Manager, (fltmc.exe from a command prompt) This provides a low level I/O hook that AV programs can access and automatically register to be passed all I/O requests to the file system. It is … Read more
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According to Microsoft, The Windows Security Center uses a two-tiered approach for detection status. One tier is manual, and the other tier is automatic through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). In manual detection mode, Windows Security Center searches for registry keys and files that are provided to Microsoft by independent software manufacturers. These registry keys and … 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 64bit, install Python 64bit. Download PyInstaller 64bit for Windows. Make … Read more