Malwarebytes is flagging balenaetcher as malware

balena-io / etcher

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

https://etcher.io/

Apache License 2.0

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Malwarebytes is flagging balenaetcher as malware #4164

Closed nascentt closed 4 months ago

nascentt commented 9 months ago

Etcher version:1.18.13.0
Operating system and architecture:Windows 10
Image flashed:
What do you think should have happened:
What happened:malwarebytes is flagging balena etcher as malware 'Malware.AI.3253061021'
Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

pelicanmedia commented 9 months ago

Same here. Both quarantined.

Link from Malwarebytes report Malware.AI.3253061021

aethernet commented 9 months ago

Looks like false positive found by their AI system.

Can you check if it also happens with 1.19.3 (pre-release)?

pelicanmedia commented 9 months ago

There is no virus warning after a new scan, but I get the below when installing 1.19.3...

aethernet commented 8 months ago

I have been able to reproduced. This is actually a bug in the installer and not in etcher itself. If you let it go, it will eventually install and launch etcher.

I'm currently trying to find the cause.

Olman62 commented 6 months ago

The application made my 2 flash drives as write-protected and I cannot format them.