Virus in Delphi 7

Question

When i compile a new project in Delphi 7 IDE , the MCafee identifies it as Virus and deletes it .

The virus identified as Generic.dx!gmk and is deleted by the antivirus so no new Exe is created .

How do we resolve this issue ?

Is this a false positive ?

Answer 1

Two possibilities:

1. False positive. You could submit your app to VirusTotal to check it against other AV tools.
2. You're infected with this virus which targets D7. This would cause Delphi to produce infected EXEs.

Answer 2

You may like to consider answers in How can I scan my apps against popular scanners as I think this is becoming more common. Delphi has been used for some viruses, and the scanners are not good at picking an accurate signature that is not also used in other Delphi apps.

Answer 3

Or just update - Delphi 2010 is 100 times better :-)

Answer 4

It might a false positive.

One of our new developers (who is also new to Delphi) was experiencing the same thing. He renamed his "test" project and forms from the default and it stopped being picked up.

I'm guessing somebody did write a virus/trojan in Delphi using the default project and form name and the "pattern" they created made it into the AV databases.

Answer 5

Check the link : http://ginktage.com/?p=501

I have described the problem and possible solution too .

I still feel this is a false positive .