> or they talked themselves into believing a conspiracy theory in which AV companies reported false positives to try and discourage piracy. To be fair, pirated

> or they talked themselves into believing a conspiracy theory in which AV companies reported false positives to try and discourage piracy. To be fair, pirated software often uses obfuscation techniques similar to malware, and then it's more like antivirus vendors refusing to add an exception for pirated software, rather than antivirus vendors specifically seeking out pirated software to mark as malware. Also: Certain types of scripts and software that I use to configure Windows in unsupported ways are detected as malware by major scanners. While I'm sure someone wouldn't appreciate these scripts being used on their computer by surprise, when I use them intentionally, I want their effects.