Can't finish homework because of a false positive

Viruses and worms
1

I got programming classes this year and I am annoyed of avast telling that the program I created is a virus.

I am using DevC++.

When I type this code

/* exer1.c Writing a line of text */ #include

main()
{
printf(“Here lies my favorite quote! \n”);
system(“pause”);

}

When I try to run the program, Avast detects the .exe created by DevC++ as Win32:Trojan-gen.
Even replacing the exclamation point with other symbols, still avast detects the exe created as Win32:Trojan-gen.
When I remove or replace the exclamation point with letters or add more characters or symbols after the exclamation point, Avast doesn’t detect it anymore.

I tried uploading it to virustotal and other AVs also detects it.
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/81a4132ddc8c7e1d6d68d7b277598ab4a1709e5218a4e811ee02763acfbe7be3-1276615504

2

wow, you have constructed a virus…bad boy… ;D

3

Please pack the executable into a password-protected ZIP/RAR/7z and send it (together with the password, and maybe with the link to this thread) to virus@avast.com.
Alternatively, you can let avast! move the file to Chest and perform the submission from there.
Thanks.