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We take it very seriously, but there isn't a whole lot we can do unfortunately. Apart from reporting false positives the only venue we could pursue is applying
by PMunch 4y ago
We take it very seriously, but there isn't a whole lot we can do unfortunately. Apart from reporting false positives the only venue we could pursue is applying obfuscation practices used by actual viruses. This of course has its own slew of issues.
- GordonS 4y agoAre Nim Windows binaries signed with Authenticode? If not, it's possible to get reasonably priced code signing certificates.
- guiriduro 4y agoYep, I mean, if the virus defence community took the same blanket, lazy approach with C and C++ compilers because viruses can be written in those, too (shock horror!) they'd be shutdown by some big players very fast.
- nyanpasu64 4y agoI hear (but have not personally seen recently) that MinGW-compiled EXEs are falsely detected as malware by some programs: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62364507/compiled-c-executable-is-detected-as-a-virus-by-windows-defender https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62364507/compiled-c-exec...