#4035 closed Bug (No Bug)
Prevent 32-bit scripts from having way more false positives than 64-bit
Reported by: | lwc | Owned by: | |
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Milestone: | Component: | Aut2Exe | |
Version: | 3.3.16.1 | Severity: | None |
Keywords: | false-positives, malware, threats | Cc: |
Description
When using #AutoIt3Wrapper_Compile_both=y the resulting compiled scripts have huge differences in false positives.
First of all, Windows users' default antivirus (known as Windows Security's Virus & threat protection) actively quarantines 32-bit versions, while not caring at all about 64-bit versions.
Secondly, the different results in virustotal.com are very noticeable:
Script 1
32-bit - 10 false positives
64-bit - 1 false positives
Script 2
32-bit - 6 false positives
64-bit - 0(!) false positives
Script 3
32-bit - 7 false positives
64-bit -1 false positives
In fact, here are results of the most minimal script:
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Compile_both=n msgbox("", "", "Hello World!")
32-bit - 12 false positives - see 32-bit scan results at shorturl.at/y9hL0 (linkable links aren't allowed here)
64-bit -1 false positives - see 64-bit scan results at shorturl.at/guIpz (linkable links aren't allowed here)
I tend to release apps as both 64-bit and 32-bit, since even nowadays it still seems common practice. But the 32-bit versions have been becoming quite a burden due to it.
Is there something in the compiler that can be improved for 32-bit versions?
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Change History (4)
comment:1 Changed 4 weeks ago by Jos
- Resolution set to No Bug
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:2 follow-up: ↓ 3 Changed 4 weeks ago by lwc
Where in the forum was it discussed the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit where it comes to false positives?
comment:3 in reply to: ↑ 2 ; follow-up: ↓ 4 Changed 4 weeks ago by Jos
Replying to lwc:
Where in the forum was it discussed the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit where it comes to false positives?
Don't know, but that shouldn't be a real surprise.
comment:4 in reply to: ↑ 3 Changed 4 weeks ago by lwc
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This has been beaten to dead many times in the forum, so I honestly have no idea why you opened an BUG report being around since 2010!