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Re: Advanced Batch features via auxiliary .exe programs

#76 Post by shodan » 26 Sep 2023 15:22

Hello,

On my updates-disabled Windows 10 22H2 computer

Windows Defender now flags "Auxiliary .exe programs.zip" as "Trojan:Script/Wacatac.B!ml"

Here is the "learn more" page

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/th ... 2147735503

This page says "Yes, a Wacatac alert can be a false positive"

https://cybernews.com/malware/remove-wa ... jan-virus/

This page says "Wacatac.B!ml really is malware"

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... 5a3402d26a
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However, I uncompress it and scan again, it doesn't flag any of the files as infected
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So, just a heads up if you need to push that file through a corporate firewall or email, I think you can just re-compress it and it will change the signature enough not to trigger IT.

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Re: Advanced Batch features via auxiliary .exe programs

#77 Post by Aacini » 26 Sep 2023 22:34

Yes. The main reason for that is that my programs are written in assembly language. Not just the .zip file, but also several of my .exe programs are flagged by several antivirus programs with false positive alerts. :(

However, none of the almost 6000 downloads in over 10 years have reported a single positive case of viruses in any of my programs. I think this is a very good recommendation about my programs being virus-free! :mrgreen:

Antonio

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