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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 20325] New: Windows Defender detects msbuild\pipelink.exe as

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20325

          Issue ID: 20325
           Summary: Windows Defender detects msbuild\pipelink.exe as a
                    trojan virus
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P1
         Component: installer
          Assignee: nobody puremagic.com
          Reporter: 9andrej6 gmail.com

I just had Windows Defender report a malicious program:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VisualD\msbuild\pipelink.exe

In the "detected item" column, it says "Trojan:Win32/Fuerboos.E!cl"

The version of Visual D is 0.50.1, and Windows Defender updated its virus
definitions at 14:30 UTC today, October 26th.

I assume this is a false positive?

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Oct 26 2019