-snip-why are people risking their coins with new wallets?
Sometimes people don't know about info about the security of the wallet they use. They only use according to their friends' recommendations or from several campaigns that require using the wallet.
As a beginner or anyone who wants to use a new wallet, you should do some research first, check with virustotal like the OP did to stay safe and avoid malware that will attack when installing a new wallet. Device security is also very important to fend off malware or viruses that try to infect our devices.