sync.exe flagged as malware

[bandlow]

The process contains valid product information identifying it as NVM for
Windows Sync Tool, version 2026.04.07.0, published as Author Software Inc., and
all three executions used the same SHA256 hash
a7688dcbb2e4331973a969214c1ba7a9c136107acf52e3cc784094d375fa5eea, this hash is
shown as malicious by OSINT tools and categorized as malware by VT

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a7688dcbb2e4331973a969214c1ba7a9c136107acf52e3cc784094d375fa5eea

[coreybutler]

Thanks for reporting. I'll report a false positive to these vendors if I can find a way to contact them.

[coreybutler]

Resolved with https://github.com/nvm-windows/nvm/releases/tag/v2.0.1-hotfix.2