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DreymaR / BigBagKbdTrixPKL

"DreymaR's Big Bag of Keyboard Tricks" for Windows with EPKL
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VirusTotal on pkl_ed.exe #4

Open mzimmerman opened 5 years ago

mzimmerman commented 5 years ago

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/53f2b1abe6d9c2c42ceb3fe4c030359b1f94b73678c589ec0d98d90eeba3d19a/detection

DreymaR commented 5 years ago

Some virus programs give false positive warnings about Autohotkey code. I have had a bout with Microsoft to clear such a warning from Microsoft Defender, and they cleared it without much fuss.

Do note that a warning like "Trojan agent generic" basically just means that the virus program is skittish. Any compiled code that isn't specifically whitelisted will trigger some of those detections. Stupid, I think.

On the other hand, (E)PKL does do things like hooking the keyboard which is what a keylogger and/or password sniffer would also do. So maybe one can't blame the watch dogs for barking...

If you feel unsafe, you may get the Autohotkey compiler (if you trust that) and compile the code yourself, instead of using the compiler I provided. That's a bit technical and you need to get the right compiler version, but feel free if it reassures you.

But basically, what you should do is to add an exception in your virus program if it gives you a hard time.