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PikeNote / taskbar-groups-pike-beta

Lightweight application that lets users create and pin groups to the Windows taskbar och desktop
MIT License
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Antivirus Flags TaskbarGroups As a Threat to Office Documents #21

Closed ShieldOfSalvation closed 1 year ago

ShieldOfSalvation commented 2 years ago

In this case, I have a taskbar group that launches Microsoft Office apps, and when an app (Excel) I launched from there tries to open a document file that I direct it to, Avast Antivirus believes it is TaskbarGroups trying to change my file and balks. image

JohnLGalt commented 2 years ago

I suggest setting it as an exception, and reporting it to Avast as a false positive.

PikeNote commented 1 year ago

That is odd. It shouldn't change or delete anything. Will look into it further if that is still an issue with Avast and protected documents.

PikeNote commented 1 year ago

The issue is related to ShellLinkObject link = (ShellLinkObject)folderItem.GetLink; when it tries to get the icon for the shortcut. Move the shortcut for your document out to a non-protected area, and it should work. I don't believe there are any bypasses to this or for getting icons that doesn't trigger this feature.