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A compiler cache for MSVC, much like ccache for gcc
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Trojan/Virust in clcache.exe? #336

Closed simplewhy closed 5 years ago

simplewhy commented 5 years ago

Is there a virus in https://github.com/frerich/clcache/releases/download/v4.2.0/clcache-4.2.0.zip in file clcache.exe?

There are 7/70 detections on virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/cdce3e0289156c6fa7cccb1986a8782c0dc4987bf80ffd6f5d9b39271dfc53e9/detection

frerich commented 5 years ago

Given that only 7 out of 70 engines report that there is a virus, I suspect this is an issue with those few virus scanners. Indeed, looking at pyinstaller/pyinstaller#603 suggests that this is a known issue: a few virus scanners incorrectly detect the code generated by PyInstaller as containing a virus.

Hence, I'm fairly confident that this is a false alert.