Virustotal reporting malware in mosquitto-2.0.20-install-windows-x64

[IASN-CCC]

Wanting to Install Mosquitto on Windows however VT is showing malware related results

I tried another scanning tool that also showed a similar result

I know its only 1/72 but we have a pretty strict policy on any detection of a file as our internal rules mean that the file is deleted on any VT result making it hard to install

thank you

[ralight]

I'm not sure what to say - the package is built on github CI, I'd hope that isn't compromised. More tellingly, searching for "bkav pro w32.aidetectmalware" shows many instances of false positives caused by this check.

[ItzLevvie]

@IASN-CCC Your company should adjust those internal rules since the scores from VirusTotal are somewhat meaningless and should never be relied on.

0 flags does not always mean that there is no malware; and 7 or more flags does not always mean that there is malware.

It should follow the rules stated as per https://docs.virustotal.com/docs/false-positive-contacts

As for Bkav Pro - it is just a false positive caused by AI/ML and you should contact them to resolve them.