[Bug 6639] New: Anti-virus detects trojan malware in hg.exe

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https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6639

            Bug ID: 6639
           Summary: Anti-virus detects trojan malware in hg.exe
           Product: Mercurial
           Version: 6.0.1
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: feature
          Priority: wish
         Component: Mercurial
          Assignee: bugzilla at mercurial-scm.org
          Reporter: salmira at mail.com
                CC: mercurial-devel at mercurial-scm.org
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MS Windows Defender report for hg.exe version 6.0.0 and 6.0.1

Windows hg.exe is reported as a risk of being infected by a malware trojan:

Windows THREAT REPORTS:
1. virustotal.com reports threats by 2 programs on all Windows installations:
 "Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen" is detected by MaxSecure anti-virus via
virustotal.com
 "Unsafe" is detected  by Cylance anti-virus via virustotal.com

See virustotal.com report for hg.exe version 6.0.0:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/5bda8e15adf530d6186b7dfaf75eafb46f5118bd9171a312381439b3fe2638e3

See virustotal.com report for hg.exe. version 6.0.1:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d54d21430cf6a2d872f0a8fb7e569ba4a7bbed195cb8945d4e2eb4ccc37e0959

3. "Threat detected: Program"Win32/Bearfoos.B!ml" by Microsoft Defender
But this  - only on one Windows system.

OS: MS Windows 10 64bit
Tested and affected Mercurial: 6.0.0, 6.0.1
Used installer for 6.0.1: mercurial-6.0.1-x64.msi

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