I downloaded Open Watcom version 1.1 from Watcom's official website www.openwatcom.org. After installing it, there were these four files in the binw folder:
pmwlite.exe
pmwbind.exe
pmwsetup.exe
pmodew.exe
My Rising antivirus reported them as the DosExe.Virus.Weird virus. I suspected it was a false positive, so I checked in many places and found that all related downloads on www.openwatcom.org (including the source code) contain these four files, and all of them are flagged as viruses.
Today, I found “PMWLite 1.33” in the “compression software” section under “DOS software downloads” at New DOS Era. Is this the one inside Open Watcom? After I downloaded and extracted it, sure enough, it was those same four files, and Rising also reported them as viruses. At this point, I think this is a false positive from Rising, but I don't know whether my judgment is correct.
But why would it be a false positive? Could it be that this software uses some virus techniques? If anyone knows, please don't hesitate to enlighten me.
pmwlite.exe
pmwbind.exe
pmwsetup.exe
pmodew.exe
My Rising antivirus reported them as the DosExe.Virus.Weird virus. I suspected it was a false positive, so I checked in many places and found that all related downloads on www.openwatcom.org (including the source code) contain these four files, and all of them are flagged as viruses.
Today, I found “PMWLite 1.33” in the “compression software” section under “DOS software downloads” at New DOS Era. Is this the one inside Open Watcom? After I downloaded and extracted it, sure enough, it was those same four files, and Rising also reported them as viruses. At this point, I think this is a false positive from Rising, but I don't know whether my judgment is correct.
But why would it be a false positive? Could it be that this software uses some virus techniques? If anyone knows, please don't hesitate to enlighten me.
