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Antivirus detecting compiled C++ files as trojans

I had installed a c++ compiler for windows with MinGW. I tried to make a simple program: #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout << "Hello World!"; ...
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Identifiy why a Windows program I've written and compiled is identified as a trojan (C++)

I develop an open source ship simulator program. Recently, the Windows binaries (built myself on Visual Studio Communitity, both 2017 and a clean installation of 2019) are being flagged as trojans, ...
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Compiled executable seen as Trojan threat

I've converted a very simple bat file to an EXE. my C file looks like this: #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) { system("set PATH=%PATH%;%CD%\bin\ffmpeg"); ...
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I accidentally created a virus. Just how is this a virus? [closed]

So i was doing some experimenting with strings, just to see whether i could store a string in a variable and then display the contents of the variable onto the screen. Apparently, my antivirus wasn't ...
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Comodo internet security detect c++ hello world program as a viruses (trojan)

I am using dev c++ 4.9.9.2 editor for running my code. Comodo internet security detect c++ hello world program as a virus. The program is shown below - #include <iostream> int main() { std::...
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