Antivirus software reports SDK files or protected software as malware
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Dinkey Pro uses a number of software techniques to protect against debugging and decompilation of code. These techniques are used in the SDK utilities, as well as software protected with Dinkey Pro.
Malware authors may also use these techniques to disguise the behaviour of malicious code. As a result, antivirus software can sometimes wrongly detect Dinkey Pro utilities or protected software as malware. This is known as a false positive.
We work with antivirus companies to implement all of their recommendations to reduce the likelihood of false positives as much as possible, but they can still occur. Most antivirus software vendors provide a way to report a false positive and submit the file to them for further analysis. Refer to the documentation for your antivirus product for details.