Alternative linker win32/64

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:35:17 -0500, Dmitry Olshansky  
<dmitry.olsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 18.02.2011 23:15, notna wrote:
>> Am I the only one getting a virus warning as soon as I try to unpack  
>> the ZIP file?
>>
>> This one is found within the binary:
>> TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
>>
>
> Ouch, that creepy. My McAfee doesn't detect anything. Being suspicious   
> by nature I run it through http://www.virustotal.com  
> <http://www.virustotal.com/>
> 1/42 positives which makes my think you have Avira AntiVir.
> Well, I'm aware that UniLink uses some weird protection techs to prevent  
> revers engineering, and digging through Avira database reveals it's  
> heuristic entry in nature:
>
> *TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen*
>
> *Description:*
> A generic detection routine designed to detect common family  
> characteristics shared in several variants.
>
> This special detection routine was developed in order to detect unknown  
> variants and will be enhanced continuously.
>
> IMHO it's misfire, but it might be a good idea to send them the file for  
> analysis.
>

Yeah, I dropped Avira in favor of Avast because they have some big  
problems, kind of like this.

-Steve