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Originally Posted by DaleDe
A compressed file can easily lead to false virus checking, due to the compression itself. To really check for a trojan virus you need to check the executable itself. Uncompress the file and then perform the check.
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AFAIK, there are several different compression methods for Windows executables and the average end user usually cannot uncompress them without knowing which one was used.
I simply found it a bit suspicious that someone would post a .rar archive with just an executable in it without source code and documentation as their first post.