SetupMasmBasic

[clamicun]

Good afternoon JJ,
Avast Premier killed "setupmasmbasic.exe" the third time.

[jj2007]

Try this: http://www.getavast.net/support/managing-exceptions

Let me know how it works.

Needless to say it's a false positive (try Jotti if you have any doubt). Avast owners should be thrown in jail. In my case, I couldn't care less because MB is a hobby product, but many small software companies can be hit by these crappy heuristic filters, and don't have the resources to sue the AV companies.

[clamicun]

JJ,
I don't have any doubts on your work.

Personally I have not any idea on writing a "virus" - Avast killed my simple prog to create a hexdump.

Alias-
I put the prog in the exclusion list of avast after the first kill - doesn't help obviously.
I am using the test version. Think I ain't going to send them 49 Euros. 

[hutch--]

A couple of things, make sure you use both a manifest and a version control block in your resource file as junky AV scanners often spit the dummy if they are not present.

[jj2007]

Could be one reason, yes. Jotti finds five times "Gen:Variant.Kazy.782", so there is probably a similarity to an existing virus or trojan.

I will add manifest and vcb and try again. It might not be so easy, as currently it does have one, which lists Igor Pavlov as the author. The extractor is an SFX made with 7-zip. Will see if I can change or override that one.

In any case, thanks for the advice :icon14: