: It is not malware. It is a vital command-line tool for reading active MySQL or MariaDB configurations.
If it is safely tucked away inside C:\xampp\mysql\bin\ , it is an absolute false positive and is completely safe to ignore or whitelist. my_print_defaults.exe XAMPP Download
To fix this, open the XAMPP Control Panel, click on next to MySQL, select my.ini , and ensure there are no corrupted lines. 2. Antivirus Flagging : It is not malware