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doc/faq: add a Q&A about virus scanners

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Fixes #23759.

Change-Id: I0407ebfea507991fc205f7b04bc5798808a5c5f6
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/97496
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: David Symonds <dsymonds@golang.org>
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@ -1931,6 +1931,26 @@ eliminating the unused imports issue in practice.
This program is easily connected to most editors to run automatically when a Go source file is written.
</p>
<h3 id="virus">
Why does my virus-scanning software think my Go distribution or compiled binary is infected?</h3>
<p>
This is a common occurrence, especially on Windows machines, and is almost always a false positive.
Commercial virus scanning programs are often confused by the structure of Go binaries, which
they don't see as often as those compiled from other languages.
</p>
<p>
If you've just installed the Go distribution and the system reports it is infected, that's certainly a mistake.
To be really thorough, you can verify the download by comparing the checksum with those on the
<a href="https://golang.org/dl/">downloads page</a>.
</p>
<p>
In any case, if you believe the report is in error, please report a bug to the supplier of your virus scanner.
Maybe in time virus scanners can learn to understand Go programs.
</p>
<h2 id="Performance">Performance</h2>
<h3 id="Why_does_Go_perform_badly_on_benchmark_x">