[Interest] virus warnings

[Jocala]

>So the same scanner with the same virus definitions reports the same
>file as clean and later as unclean?

No, it's the reverse. When downloaded Defender flags the file, then deletes
it. However, if you run a Defender desktop scan on the file, it's reported
clean.  It's not my customers, I can replicate the same issue.

I think the next thing I'll try is to compile Qt with VS or SDK and see if
that makes a difference.


On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Viktor Engelmann <viktor.engelmann at qt.io>
wrote:

>
> Am 09.12.2016 um 04:44 schrieb Jocala:
> > [...] Additionally, I didn't mention, once the file is downloaded,
> > Windows Defender reports it as clean.
>
> So the same scanner with the same virus definitions reports the same
> file as clean and later as unclean?
> Maybe your clients machine is infected by something that windows
> defender doesn't recognize and - on first run - infects the .exe file
> with something windows defender does recognize? Or do you get these
> complaints from different customers?
>
> I don't know if this is still true, but a few years back, windows
> defender was the worst malware protection on the market BY FAR. It lost
> every test by huge margins (like 95-98% accuracy by competitors vs
> 60-80% by windows defender) so maybe they should change their malware
> protection in the first place?
>
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