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Mcafee thinks fzf.exe is a virus

Open eight04 opened this issue 2 months ago • 2 comments

Checklist

  • [x] I have read through the manual page (man fzf)
  • [x] I have searched through the existing issues
  • [x] For bug reports, I have checked if the bug is reproducible in the latest version of fzf

Output of fzf --version

0.66.0 (8cdfb23d)

OS

  • [ ] Linux
  • [ ] macOS
  • [x] Windows
  • [ ] Etc.

Shell

  • [ ] bash
  • [ ] zsh
  • [ ] fish

Problem / Steps to reproduce

  1. Run :GFiles in vim.
  2. The window closes immediately.
  3. A McAfee notification that a threat was removed.

Virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/500c6c22351b1980e185a188164fcaee804ffb97dc28688493b60f26479afbf7 Image

eight04 avatar Oct 20 '25 06:10 eight04

Thanks for the report, but it's definitely a false alarm. It happens all the time.

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ajunegunn%2Ffzf+fzf+defender&type=issues

junegunn avatar Oct 20 '25 13:10 junegunn

Sorry, but nobody in their right mind, even lightly concerned about security, is using McAfee. It was good 10+ years ago.

eabase avatar Oct 24 '25 16:10 eabase