That's a false positive. Mongoose has no viruses in it.
Mongoose Web Server has been on the market since 2004, trusted and used by millions.
In order to proceed with Mongoose installation simply allow Windows to launch Mongoose.exe by clicking the “Run Anyway” button.
That's a false positive. Mongoose has no viruses in it.
Mongoose Web Server has been on the market since 2004, trusted and used by millions.
There are many antivirus programs and their signatures are constantly changing. Some signatures occasionally trigger these warnings
and these are false positives.
The main reason behind this is a low quality of some signatures, where developers in the antivirus companies use the first thing that
matches the real malware, without doing much checking whether those matches are actually non-malware. For their business,
false negatives are much more expensive than a false positive.
If you want to help us to whitelist Mongoose for the specific Antivirus Software you are using please Contact us or post on our Forum and let us know the kind of Antivirus Software you are using and the version of it. So we can file a whitelisting request with the respective company.
In the meantime, in order to proceed further simply allow your Antivirus / Firewall application to launch and run Mongoose.exe. An example of this on the NortonLifeLock application ->
It does not require any extra file uploads and you can enable Global Sharing on your Mongoose Web Server with a single click.
It is Ideal for:
If you are looking for a Mongoose Web Server Library instead, you can download the source code of it here: https://www.cesanta.com/download.html