BKAV False Alarm for 16x Prompt

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Zhu Liang. Updated on June 7, 2025

When you run 16x Prompt through a virus scanner like VirusTotal, you may see it being detected by BKAV as a W32.AIDetectMalware.

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However, this is a false alarm. The scan is simply a false positive result from BKAV.

Since this can happen after a new version is released, we have reached out to BKAV multiple times to report and resolve the issue. BKAV confirmed every time that this was an error by BKAV (false positive scan result):

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Here is the updated scan result for 16x Prompt version 0.0.137 from VirusTotal showing no security issues after BKAV resolved the issue.

VirusTotal updated scan result for 16x Prompt version 0.0.137

16x Prompt is safe and contains no malware.

For the newer versions of 16x Prompt, the scan result may continue to produce false positive results. We will continue to reach out to BKAV to resolve the issue for newer versions of 16x Prompt.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.


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