EAB File Server - Page 115

Viceroy · 14 February 2019, 22:56

Just the windows virus checker built in to W10

zipper · 15 February 2019, 14:31

I suppose it craps on that old stuff on the Iso, 52 files in the Bin drawer and total 3712 unpacked; F-Secure finds nothing. If you can nominate something suspect it could be still sent to https://www.virustotal.com/ to be scanned by 60+ scanning engines.

pgovotsos · 21 February 2019, 00:38

I often get warnings from anti-virus programs on Windows when copying Amiga files. I have no idea why a Windows program would flag an Amiga program that can't run under Windows. I just hit ignore and it works fine.

It seems like badly written rules are doing it. The first few times I submitted them to the support for the program and they updated so they weren't recognized as a virus anymore. After the first few I stopped bothering and just ignore them.

The specific programs I use are Eset and Malwarebytes. Make sure that you turn off the setting to automatically quarantine suspected files. Malwarebytes has this set by default and moves them even when you ignore. I consider that a bug but they won't change the quarantine behavior.

Dunny · 21 February 2019, 01:45

It's all just bytes, innit? A Windows AV program won't be aware of what the executable format for an Amiga file is, nor what 68k code looks like - it just looks for patterns of x86 code that are known to be associated with the things that PC viruses do. And because all files are simply lists of numbers, those certain sequences that are flagged on a PC may be entirely innocuous on an Amiga - but there's no real reason for the AV to know that, and nor should there be.

BullyDog · 21 February 2019, 02:16

That's quite true. It looks for patterns recognized as a viral infections and flag em as such.

Seeing that the Amiga files are nowhere near Windows executables I would say that it's safe to ignores the flags.

Leandro Jardim · 21 February 2019, 20:45

Nevermind, sorry...

Falcon57 · 22 February 2019, 04:33

Hello,
I have uploded some files in ~Upload zone under my name Falcon57

Games - Public Domain
Psycho Squares Deluxe v1.0 (1994)(Dark Unicorn)(SW)[h Floppy International][AMOS]
Pyramid Game, The (1994)(Pacific)(SW)[h Floppy International][AMOS]

Applications - Public Domain
VideoMaxe v04.20 (1993)(Sürken, Stephan)(SW)[h Floppy International]

15 February 2019, 14:31	#2282
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,491	I suppose it craps on that old stuff on the Iso, 52 files in the Bin drawer and total 3712 unpacked; F-Secure finds nothing. If you can nominate something suspect it could be still sent to https://www.virustotal.com/ to be scanned by 60+ scanning engines. Last edited by zipper; 15 February 2019 at 14:39.

21 February 2019, 20:45	#2286
Leandro Jardim Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Legoland Age: 39 Posts: 1,310	Nevermind, sorry... Last edited by Leandro Jardim; 21 February 2019 at 23:44.

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14 February 2019, 22:56	#2281
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 415	Just the windows virus checker built in to W10

21 February 2019, 00:38	#2283
pgovotsos Registered User Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: US Posts: 237	I often get warnings from anti-virus programs on Windows when copying Amiga files. I have no idea why a Windows program would flag an Amiga program that can't run under Windows. I just hit ignore and it works fine. It seems like badly written rules are doing it. The first few times I submitted them to the support for the program and they updated so they weren't recognized as a virus anymore. After the first few I stopped bothering and just ignore them. The specific programs I use are Eset and Malwarebytes. Make sure that you turn off the setting to automatically quarantine suspected files. Malwarebytes has this set by default and moves them even when you ignore. I consider that a bug but they won't change the quarantine behavior.

21 February 2019, 01:45	#2284
Dunny Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Scunthorpe/United Kingdom Posts: 1,144	It's all just bytes, innit? A Windows AV program won't be aware of what the executable format for an Amiga file is, nor what 68k code looks like - it just looks for patterns of x86 code that are known to be associated with the things that PC viruses do. And because all files are simply lists of numbers, those certain sequences that are flagged on a PC may be entirely innocuous on an Amiga - but there's no real reason for the AV to know that, and nor should there be.

21 February 2019, 02:16	#2285
BullyDog Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Texas USA Age: 68 Posts: 114	That's quite true. It looks for patterns recognized as a viral infections and flag em as such. Seeing that the Amiga files are nowhere near Windows executables I would say that it's safe to ignores the flags.

22 February 2019, 04:33	#2287
Falcon57 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: France Posts: 6	Hello, I have uploded some files in ~Upload zone under my name Falcon57 Games - Public Domain Psycho Squares Deluxe v1.0 (1994)(Dark Unicorn)(SW)[h Floppy International][AMOS] Pyramid Game, The (1994)(Pacific)(SW)[h Floppy International][AMOS] Applications - Public Domain VideoMaxe v04.20 (1993)(Sürken, Stephan)(SW)[h Floppy International]

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