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Ask HN: How do you find reliable info about a virus or malware?

Sorry in advance for the noobish question. How do you find reliable, detailed info about viruses or malware?I run antivirus (BitDefender) and antimalware (Malwarebytes), and they occasionally come up with results for files I've downloaded, both new and old. Usually they are of the type Generic.Trojan.34567 or the like, and I tend to assume they are false positives but delete the files anyway....

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