Visual Studio 2022 & C# Generates Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.46462 Virus

I am just now learning C# in VS 2022 and when running a small program having to do with arrays Bitdefender detected and quarantined what it considers a virus. I suspect this is a false-positive, but I wanted to post this here just in case it isn't. Previous program examples ran without issue.

I am looking for recommendations and or mitigation actions. I have also posted this message on the Microsoft support site.

Thanks.

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Alexandru_BD

Hello @Bannon,

The fastest way to resolve this would be to report the false positive to the Bitdefender Labs using the dedicated form at the link below:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/29358/

Once confirmed, false alarms are corrected within hours.

Regards

Bannon

Thanks. I was able to recreate the file and just submitted it.

Flexx

Can you also share the virustotal link of the file here by uploading the file on virustotal.com

Regards

Gustavo Tecgraf

Same thing with me. I have sime code I developed years ago and it works fine in our of our customers computers. And I recently recompiled using VS 2022 and BitDefender is acusing of a Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.46462 Virus.
Here's Virus Total link: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/91fe783c871e9ffa87445039a9a382f2019556990099ed59e55ea534ab33cfad?nocache=1

Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/342119#Comment_342119

If you believe that a website or file has been incorrectly blocked by Bitdefender, you can share the details with our malware researchers by filling out the form at the link provided below:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/29358/

If the website or file is indeed incorrectly blocked, the detection will be removed within a maximum of 72 hours. However, if the detection still persists after 72 hours, please consider the website or file as malicious, as determined by our malware researchers, and the detection will remain.

Regards