Win.MxResIcn.Heur.Gen flagged?

[k836512947]

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Before going further

• If your problem is a bug with youtube-dl or a request for new site support please report it here

• Make sure you are using the latest youtube-dl-gui version (Click the Settings icon and then About to view the current version)

• Make sure you are using the latest youtube-dl version (Click the Settings icon and then Update to update to the latest youtube-dl version)

• Make sure you searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

• Make sure to read the FAQs file

  • [x] I think my problem is NOT with youtube-dl
  • [x] I've verified and i assure that I'm running youtube-dl-gui 0.4
  • [x] I assure that i am using the latest version of youtube-dl
  • [x] Searched bugtracker
  • [x] I've read the FAQs file

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What is the purpose of your issue?

• [ ] Bug report
• [ ] Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• [x] Question
• [x] Other

Please remove any sections between (---) if they are not related to your issue

List of actions to perform to reproduce the problem:

1. Download the Windows yt-dlp.exe file
2. Put it on Virus Total
3. Look at what it says

What is the expected behaviour ?

0/72

What happens instead ?

1/72 for the malicious file check

Is it normal for a result like this to happen?

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Feature request (request for a new functionality)

Please make sure that the requested feature is NOT already in the TODO list

• [ x] I've verified and i assure that my requested feature is NOT in the TODO list

What operating system do you use ?

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[axcore]

This project is abandoned, see here for a list of alternatives.

[k836512947]

This project is abandoned, see here for a list of alternatives.

Hi thanks for responding, I'll use an alternative. Since I don't know much about coding or computers, I was wondering if I should be concerned by the "Win.MxResIcn.Heur.Gen" thing?

[axcore]

youtube-dl-gui is quite old now, it's very unlikely that it contains a virus that has been undetectable until now.