Seems probable that libuv has "infected" several viruses, rather than the
reverse, possibly leading to a higher rate of false positives? Safest bet
though, as always, is perhaps just to build it yourself as part of your app.

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:34 AM 'Sebastien Diot' via libuv <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've "discovered" libuv recently, and wanted to install the pre-built
> Windows version on my PC, to see if I can use it for my app.
>
> As a safety precaution, I checked the files on https://www.virustotal.com.
> Unfortunately, all the following files were flagged as "infected" by
> multiple anti-viruses:
>
>
>    - libuv-x86-v1.18.0.build20.exe
>    
> <https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/9cdbbf4ac01d6d338eeace2c2a7a13bdb51ad86ae8e9819ac0cb13fa10c0d1d8/detection>
>    - libuv-x64-v1.18.0.build20.exe
>    
> <https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/d3a4ccf40b40bdf840a390eda5a691e36377cb568df2fa9144a5a442b728eca4/detection>
>    - libuv-x86-v1.17.0.build19.exe
>    
> <https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/079d1305ff53d1620b70887c9ab54f130ee0291ce6ef969cdc274d23351ecc8c/detection>
>    - libuv-x64-v1.17.0.build19.exe
>    
> <https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/0d8a46fa43b5823a5367b5a4ec7f2a75ae678d747db34b9afa4ca3ed92bf83e0/detection>
>
> I haven't gone farther back. Assuming the binaries are safe, maybe you
> could try to submit them to the appropriate anti-virus as "false positives"?
>
>
> One detection might be a fluke, but 3 is rather more than I'm comfortable
> with...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sebastien Diot
>
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