While legitimate mods often trigger antivirus flags due to how they read memory, scammers use this "expected" warning to hide actual Trojans.
Unlike "internal" mods that inject code directly into the game, the Modest Menu stayed "external." It lived in your PC's memory and "read" the game's data from the outside.
Anyone claiming to provide a "v0.9.6" or newer is likely distributing malware.
If you've been scouring the web for "modest-menu_v0.9.6.rar," you are likely looking for the legendary Kiddion's Modest Menu for GTA V. For seven years, this tool was the gold standard for "external" modding, prized for being free, stable, and notoriously difficult for anti-cheat systems to detect.