On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 4:12 AM Paolo C. <paoca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Rob, thanks a lot. > I saw the disclaimer, but it appeared a little generic, and since with > version 18 the av complaining are many, I tought that the issue should be at > least mentioned on golang site. > I think this could be a potential disincentive to golang usage, > Because if binary distributions, that can be sometimes necessary in > production, are seen as infected, > even if by false positive, this is for sure a deterrent. > Don't you think?
I'm not sure quite what you are suggesting, but as the FAQ suggests this happens with every new Go release. And of course it is mentioned on the Go site: in the FAQ. There is very little that the Go project can do about this problem. Ian > On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 12:34:16 PM UTC+2 Rob 'Commander' Pike wrote: >> >> https://go.dev/doc/faq#virus >> >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 8:22 PM Paolo C. <paoc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > I noticed that if you download golang portable zip for aMD64 and upload the >> > go.exe or gofnt.exe to virustotal one av complains. >> > If you compile a simple helloword main and upload, 4 or 5 minor av >> > complain. >> > Anyone has this issue too? >> > I tested this from many machines, some completely virgin, so it should not >> > be my environment. >> > Thanks >> > Paolo >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "golang-nuts" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> > email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/9cc862fa-d61d-46a4-a86f-0a63e4fcc660n%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/18a9f0cd-d038-42cb-9901-5e987bd88062n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOyqgcXh70gbJ%2BPb3cw-vVjpg5AdRMjqQvqdr02F4QwWd98k5A%40mail.gmail.com.
