False virus alert?

[smk422]

Hi all, after building Tiny.asm, Microsoft Defender detects virus:

I guess this is a false alarm. My Windows 11 machine seems to be ok after a full Defender scan. Anybody else with same experience?

[davepl]

It does some funky stuff that I guess is also common to malware, but tiny is just trying to be small, not dangerous. Should be fine to ignore or whitelist.

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[rbergen]

What Dave said. It triggers certain virus scanners - and Defender seems to be particularly sensitive - but it’s harmless.

[smk422]

Thanks for replies, I got the answer I was hoping for :-)