Delphi XE2 executeable Drep message only when downloading from web

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I have a big problem, all exe created with Delphi XE2 compiler and downloaded from a website gives
Drep fault and can not be downloaded anymore. ( also cannot find what type of fault this is )
Can I reset this in avast?

When scanning local exe with avast no problem.
virustotal scanning no problem also with url scanning and upload file scanning.

Tested with bitdefender no problem and other antivirus programs no problem.

Searched other developer forums all have big problems with avast. and developing programs.

This must be solved!!!

[Eddy]

What os/sp?
What exact version of avast?
What is giving the drep error/fault?

[polonus]

Evogen technology is based on similarity of files, and the detections are released automatically.

Well to solve this delicate issue, go and report every false positive detection, as you can read here from avast! team member HonzaZ: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=140561.msg1027512#msg1027512

There are several reasons why an Anti Virus product might trigger on a Delphi produced exe, a few common reasons are:

Lots of viruses are written in Delphi and therefore your exe might have some code parts that look the same as existing viruses.
The import table of your program is used to determine what your exe might do, for instance linking to Credentials Management or Disk Management functions triggers some AV's.
As suggested before try scanning your release version with online services such as Virustotal or Jotti and always report your false positives to vendors instead of trying to prevent being a false positive. My experience is that AV vendors react quite fast on submission.

Quote info credits go to Remco Weijnen posting on StackOverflow Q&A

polonus

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While the conditions that fire a DRep are straight forward and well explained, e.g.
https://www.starmessagesoftware.com/faq-page/what-is-avast-drep-infection
it may difficult for independent developers to overcome them.

I would suggest that we, the little developers, do ourselves a little favor by downloading each-others files, while we are running Avast. This way Avast will see enough downloads from the domain to mark either the domain as safe, or the number of downloads adequate to raise the ban.

In my case, my screensaver was hit by DRep false positive.
The download page is
http://www.starmessagesoftware.com/moonscreensaver/download.html
scroll down to the Windows setup files and download the one from the alternative server.
If you prefer the direct link to the file, this is it:
http://www.starmessagesoftware.com/download/starmessage-setup.exe

Thanks for the help.

[Eddy]

This thread has been dead for about 2,5 years.
Not much use to post here.

Developers should read
https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB228
https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB229