Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/08/30/11:43:52
On 30 Aug 1998, Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> Fidel Ramirez (ramirez AT online DOT no) wrote:
> : Yes, I have just dowloaded djgpp, and am a beginner. Under the process I've
> : got some virus messages! Should this happen?
>
> Only if you have a virus! Or perhaps perhaps perhaps if your
> executable became corrupted.
There's another possibility: some over-zealous anti-virus programs
mistakenly decide that DJGPP programs look suspiciously, because the
real-mode stub uses some non-conventional tricks to squeeze itself into
2KB. We've seen these false alarms during early stage of v2.0
development.
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