False Positive - Windoze Defender

[crogonint]

This is being detected on the current version of Cherrytree that I installed last night.

I would note that I trust Windoze Defender exactly ZERO, so I've already assumed that this is a false positive and reported it to Windows. Also, the internet is littered with reports of false positives from this specific definition. I suggest you report it as well, because Microsoft escalates the issue when they get the developer reporting their own false positive. ;)

[giuspen]

Thanks for reporting @crogonint I tried on my win10 to update defender and run a scan (on installed and also portable) but it didn't complain, maybe your report already sorted it out.

[Sproolly]

There was a recent article about malware posing as CherryTree. Perhaps this is related to that?

See https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/new-cherryloader-malware-mimics.html