C programs getting detected as Malware

Question

Recently my C programs started to act weirdly and I had no idea why... Then I realized that they were being flagged by my antivirus program as malware... First I thought the

Answer 1

It could be you are really having a malware or it is a security risk as mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontrolled_format_string . Try using puts to see if you still have the issue