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Lovely Composer

A playful music creation tool that like a game console music editor · By 1oogames

It said it had a virus when it doesn't.

A topic by James created Jun 23, 2023 Views: 346 Replies: 2
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Hi,  I'm a new follower, and I just bought Lovely Composer two days ago. I tried to download the  latest version, but according to Mcafee, it said the file had a virus. What is that supposed to mean?

Developer (7 edits)

The latest version 1.3.3 is currently receiving 15/70 malware judgments on VirusTotal. However, we believe it is a false positive and are working on it.

We have asked Microsoft/Avast/AVG/Symantec/Malwarebytes to handle false positives. As a result of the each expert's inspection was a false positive of all. And the false detection was deleted. 

A few days ago, also we've sent a request to McAfee to fix false positives, but haven't received a response yet. 

It's actually harmless, but if you're still worried, use 1.3.2 as it's less likely to be suspected.

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The virus false positive problem is a common problem with modern programs, and it is difficult for home-developed software to adequately deal with it.

Especially now when using Python3.10 and the Nuitka --onefile setting it's even happening with simplest "Hello world" programs and it's out of control. And it is difficult to support all minor anti-virus software and those that do not have a corresponding contact point.

But many users are worried about it, so we're considering recreating apps in a different development environment.

Developer (1 edit)

I just got a reply from McAfee saying it was a false positive and was whitelisted. So don't worry, it's actually harmless.