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FlatAssembler / ArithmeticExpressionCompiler

A compiler for my own simple low-level programming language, built in JavaScript using the Duktape framework. Produces code compatible with FlatAssembler. Superseded by AECforWebAssembly.
https://flatassembler.github.io/compiler.html
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Windows Defender claims that "ArithmeticExpressionCompiler.zip" is infected #3

Closed FlatAssembler closed 4 years ago

FlatAssembler commented 4 years ago

Windows Defender claims that ArithmeticExpressionCompiler.zip is infected. More specifically, that "bottles.exe" is a Trojan, and that "rose.exe" is a "Potentially Unwanted Software". I think that's a false-positive, because I've compiled them on Linux and ClamAV on Linux claims I don't have a virus (and it even has some false positives, such as claiming that MatLab for Linux is a virus, so I am quite sure it would detect an actual virus if it were there). Furthermore, a Trojan by definition can't infect "bottles.exe", since Trojans don't infect other software, that's what viruses do.

FlatAssembler commented 4 years ago

I submitted it to Microsoft for analysis and they agree with me it's not a virus. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/submission/8999c5a8-0889-4b5a-9f70-290c9d0630fb