Code that I just compiled identified as Trojan:Win32/Fuerboos.C!cl

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I'm currently taking Pluralsight's "Learn Programming in C++" course and compiled a C++ application using MS Visual Studio 2019 consisting of four lines:


int main()

{

return 0;



}

It was identified by multiple engines on virustotal.com as a threat, specifically by Windows Defender as Trojan:Win32/Fuerboos.C!cl. First time I executed it was as a complete file compiled from code downloaded from Pluralsight. I selected the option to have the "threat" removed. But then I created a brand new project without using the Pluralsight-supplied .sln file, just inserting the .cpp source code file into a newly created project. The same virus threat warning was issued.


Any idea whether I'm dealing with a false positive or with some sort of threat sitting on Pluralsight's servers?

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