RDP.ALEXA.53 Virus Popup

[codecoffeeme]

Describe the bug

IDP.ALEXA.53 Antivirus threat popup when running npm start

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

Yes

Which terms did you search for in User Guide?

Virus Name

Environment

Environment Info:

current version of create-react-app: 4.0.3
running from C:\Users\DevPP~1\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_npx\9872\node_modules\create-react-app

System:
OS: Windows 10 10.0.19042
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Binaries:
Node: 14.15.4 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
Yarn: Not Found
npm: 6.14.10 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
Browsers:
Chrome: 90.0.4430.212
Edge: Spartan (44.19041.964.0), Chromium (90.0.818.62)
Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.1
npmPackages:
react: ^17.0.2 => 17.0.2
react-dom: ^17.0.2 => 17.0.2
react-scripts: 4.0.3 => 4.0.3
npmGlobalPackages:
create-react-app: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

1. npx create-react-app my-app
2. cd my-app
3. npm start

Expected behavior

Dev server should start

Actual behavior

Virus Threat Popup from my antivirus for RDP.ALEXA.53

[petetnt]

This seems like a false positive from Avast, see the following topic:

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=237825.0

Are you using VSCode terminal to run npm start?