Virus hit? #381
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Is there a reason this flags in virus scanners? is it just the way its designed or should i be worried? |
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Electron (the framework I used to build CrossOver) doesn't allow the app to listen to key/mouse presses (especially single-key presses) when it isn't the active app. The method that I use to allow the app to respond to mouse key presses and keyboard combos gets flagged as a virus because of the native C library it uses, CrossOver uses a node wrapper wilix-team/iohook to handle input listeners, all of the code involved is located here in this file: You may verify the code you run on your own PC by following the Development instructions in the README and building for windows with Thank you for bringing this up. |
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Electron (the framework I used to build CrossOver) doesn't allow the app to listen to key/mouse presses (especially single-key presses) when it isn't the active app. The method that I use to allow the app to respond to mouse key presses and keyboard combos gets flagged as a virus because of the native C library it uses,
libiohook.CrossOver uses a node wrapper wilix-team/iohook to handle input listeners, all of the code involved is located here in this file:
https://github.com/lacymorrow/crossover/blob/master/src/main/iohook.js
You may verify the code you run on your own PC by following the Development instructions in the README and building for windows with
yarn build:windows:exeThank y…