When I run pm2 start server.js a virus is detected by BitDefender
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Description
What's going wrong?
When I run pm2 start server.js a virus is detected by BitDefender in my own windows shortcut file I made with the windows 11 context menu .
How could we reproduce this issue?
I could reproduce it by making a new shortcut and it still detected a virus when I run pm2 start server.js in a /k in the shortcut properties but when I run another shortcut just with /k node server.js there is no virus detected so I know the virus is specifically in pm2. Sorry about that...
Supporting information
virus has been detected as infected with Heur.BZC.YAX.Pantera.54.08333A86
Run the following commands
pm2 start server.js through a windows 11 shortcut
$ pm2 report
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing pm2 start server.js through a Windows 11 shortcut and compare it with the reported node server.js shortcut. Run pm2 report and inspect the BitDefender detection details. Done means determining whether PM2 triggers a false positive or identifying a reproducible PM2-related cause and documenting the evidence.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, nodejs
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100