Pay attention to the virus!!!
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by
yangchen123
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It's a false positive. It's a text file. Even if there is a virus inside a text file it can't do any harm as a txt file is a non-executable file. Text editors have so little attack surface that malicious txt files are simply not and will never be a thing. I would immediately uninstall any antimalware software that flags a txt file as potentially malicious. It's crazy how garbage some of them are. I generally don't recommend using any malware protection because some intelligence and basic understanding of cyber security is a far better protection. If you are ever unsure if something is malicious just open it inside a VM or Sandbox.
