Cuda Samples triggering Bitdefender warnings

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I recently compiled the Cuda Samples (v12.5) in Visual Studio 2022 in the Release configuration. But when building them a group of about six triggered a quarantine action by BitDefender. And when I tried to copy some from an external harddrive to my machine, I got warnings like the following:

<path>\cuda-samples\bin\win64\Release\vectorAdd.exe is infected with Gen:Variant:Fugrafa.266388 and was moved to quarantine.  It is recommended you run a System Scan to make sure your system is clean

Does anyone know why this is happening? Are these executables safe to run?

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Virus scanners typically work based on patterns. If they observe a pattern, they declare it a virus. That doesn’t work in all cases. It is possible for a virus scanner to report a “false positive”.

There are no virus-like concerns with the vectorAdd.exe executable, built using an uncompromised machine. Furthermore, the application source code is available to you; you can inspect it as you wish for any concerns.

This somewhat related question may be of interest as well.