ms antivirus started finding "trojan" in workbooks, any ideas howto narrow down what module it's coming from?
Which brings us to (in my humble opinion) the root of most headaches with
computers - security. There are other huge headaches, to be sure, like
constantly changing standards, changing interfaces (whatever happened to
the standard menu bar through which you could figure out any app almost
instantly?), compatibility (backwards, forwards, inter & intra),
proprietariness (is that a word?), and awkward copy protection or locking
down of a system (rooting / jailbreaking / non-portability of Windows, etc.)
To me, security, the headaches caused by those looking to spy or
maliciously hack, and all the wasted cycles trying to fight it,
is the biggest drag that ever afflicted computing!
If anyone knows how one might get MS System Center Endpoint Protection
to give up the details on exactly which module(s) / line(s) of code
it doesn't like.
For now I at least have a workaround in that I can just test my
workbook one module at a time with VirusTotal.com (thanks Peter T!)...
No surprise! I learned that the av apps use binary combos of suspect
characters to evaluate. These, of course, are based on typical wording
used when programming malware!
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