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Not a dev, but i can explain this, its a false-positive, typical for Jiangmin..
Jiangmin warns about everything, that COULD be used in a malicious way, even if the program of that tool wont do..

For example, for me it always triggered the "Trojan.KillFiles.mf". It triggers, because it deletes files, problem is, it is programed to only delete files it created itself.(The Launcher installs Microsoft redistributables to make the program work and then deletes them after, triggering the KillFiles Trojan report in Jiangmin.)

In the situation of this game, Hack Tool is a program to crack, or keygen for activating/installing pirated software.

In other words, the creator hasnt paid for a license to use that engine and used a tool to have a cracked version.

Also, i douvt the creator will answer this to you, because then they would need to admit that they use and engine they havent paid for and for that Itch would kick them off the platform -.-'

Thanks for trying to explain, but that's not accurate for Unreal Engine. UE5 is completely free to download and use for game development – no upfront license is required. Epic Games uses a royalty-based model where they only take a 5% cut of gross revenue after your product reaches $1 million in lifetime earnings. And we don't earn that much, believe me :D

There's absolutely no need for any cracking tools or pirated versions, as the engine is openly available through the Epic Games Launcher. So yes, it's just an extremely common false positive