# Please Help Me: Virus?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-virus/266157
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [July 16, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-virus/266157 "2008-07-16T21:11:19Z")
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### Author: ![DanDaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@DanDaMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanDaMan)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-me-virus/266157/1 "2008-07-16T21:11:19Z")

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Okay so I took out _another_ book from the library and it says to download Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2. I did that and it works just fine. But after playing around with a console project ThreatFire (my security program) says that there is a high malicious risk with a program called LD.EXE. This is a program that I think came along with Dev-C++. Should I get rid of Dev-C++, or should I allow this program to continue running?

Quote from Appendix B of C++ for Dummies:

> **Troubleshoting**

-Turn off any anti-virus software that you may have running. Installers sometimes make your computer incorrectly believe that it is being infected by a virus. (turn the anti-virus software back on later.)

Is this the file that they are telling me to let run because it really doesn’t have a virus? Or should I kill this program and all of the Dev-C++ applications?

Please, I really appreciate your help!