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itsols:
I have to say the same thing... Here's more info on the 'POSITIVE' detection of the virus...

http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,17479.msg122646.html#msg122646

demone:
anyway I have kas 2013 too and no virus is reported even after a total scan :/ Maybe you were really infected?

MortenMacFly:
Again:

You should never-ever trust a single AV solution when it comes to viruses these days. Use services like virustotal to double-check if your AV solution is causing an alert.

AV solutions these days are over-sensitive as there are way too many viruses and applications around to avoid false positive alerts. Nowadays AV solutions also include "smart heuristics", usually enabled that in addition will cause false positive alarms, too if setup too sensitive. Google for "anti virus false positive" and you'll find the headaches this causes.

The rule of thumb is: For C::B downloads use official sources, they are guaranteed to be virus-free. (Unless of course, the hoster like SourceForge.net will be globally infected. But this is very, very unlikely.)

thomas:
I am more and more convinced that you can trust as few or as many AV programs as you want, it makes no difference. In fact, if you don't have any AV software, you probably don't fare any worse. AV software is the real malware, it is what prevents you from working and it is what takes over your computer, making it unusable.

On the other hand, my AV software (different vendors, including the one in this topic) never found a real virus in roughly 29 years of computing and roughly 17 years of being-always-online, which may mean two things: Either I never had one, or the AV software is just useless and doesn't find it.

Now, as to the second possibility, refer to Mr. Porada's well-known live exploit demo on the E-Personalausweis (Nov. 2010) where he claimed none of the scanners at Virustotal raised as much as a warning for his 1-hour trojan, and the AV vendor he working for as consultant at that time was not able to identify it a week after receiving the executable. Of course that trojan was nothing serious, all it did was steal your identity and (more or less undeniably) sign binding contracts in your name, so nothing high priority, really...

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