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Bitdefender accusing viruses while compiling c++ source with CodeBlocks


I'm using Bitdefender few years ago, and CodeBlocks for some time, and today specifically the programs were not compiling, until I saw that BitDefender was accusing virus (Gen: Variant.Symmi.86658) in any compiled program, even in a new project with Hello World.

I did a boot scan with a BitDefender boot recovery, but it did not find anything. Meanwhile, the problem continues.

My question is: Will it be a false positive? Should I disable programs generated by CodeBlocks to not be intercepted by BitDefender? Or is my Windows infected in some way invisible to Bitdefender?

I also deactivated Bitdefender for a few minutes, generated an .exe and submitted it to VirusTotal, which accused a lot of problems: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ca86a72936301bb4199857fe4ed194eb6aaeb7d5dde1d3822c1e00acaec4763a/analysis/1526009068/


Solution

  • I did a Bitdefender repair (uninstall and reinstall), updating the entire virus database. This solved the problem!