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VirusTotal identifies potential malware in my compiled projects. #1715

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heJustLikeMeFr opened this issue Aug 1, 2022 · 2 comments
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What version of pkg are you using?

5.8.0

What version of Node.js are you using?

16.13.2

What operating system are you using?

Windows 10

What CPU architecture are you using?

x86_64

What Node versions, OSs and CPU architectures are you building for?

all

Describe the Bug

I compiled a project that I'd been working on for about a day now. I tried to upload all 3 os files through mediafire, however it said that the macos file may contain malware, so I ran mac and windows through virustotal. MacOS had no vulnerabilities, however windows version got marked,
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Expected Behavior

Supposed to not be marked as a virus

To Reproduce

Run any file compiled with pkg for windows 10 through virustotal

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UPDATE: I confirmed it's not with my source code but somewhere in the executable. I zipped my source code and put it through virustotal and 0 problems. It MAY be that malware was created with pkg and hence identifies it as malware when in reality it was due to other, real malware being made with pkg.

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jesec commented Aug 2, 2022

#1384

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