One of security tools reports MQTTX-Setup-1.11.1-x64.exe infected by malware

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(Some Chinese security tools such as 360 Security Guard & 360 Anti Virus, Tencent PC Manager, Huorong personal antivirus, do not report MQTTX-Setup-1.11.1-x64.exe as malware)

Avast Free Antivirus reports that MQTTX-Setup-1.11.1-x64.exe is infected by malware:

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[ysfscream]

Hi, thanks for reporting this.

This is a false positive. The main reason is that MQTTX has not been code-signed for Windows yet.

MQTTX is a fully open-source project - you can review all the source code and build it yourself if needed. All data is stored locally, and there is no malicious code included.

We will consider adding Windows code signing in a future release to avoid such false positives.

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MQTTX-Setup-1.12.1-x64.exe has not been code-signed for Windows, but Avast does not report it is infected by malware.