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skeeto / w64devkit

Portable C and C++ Development Kit for x64 (and x86) Windows
The Unlicense
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Windows Defender understands the zip as malware #145

Open Kavci034 opened 5 days ago

Kavci034 commented 5 days ago

After I downloaded the zip from the releases page Microsoft Defender quarantined it with: Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A

Peter0x44 commented 1 day ago

Is it time to put a note in the readme or releases so people can stop opening these (non-)issues?

Megaemce commented 15 hours ago

is that really not an issue? Version 1.23 cannot be used on Windows 11 as the zip file is blocked straight after downloading. If the main reason behind this project is "Portable C and C++ Development Kit for x64 Windows" well then I see here a big issue.

Peter0x44 commented 15 hours ago

@Megaemce I wish it weren't an issue, but it is out of our hands. There is nothing actionable here.

As for the zip file getting blocked, there is a slightly convoluted process you can use to get windows defender to stop deleting it. unknown

Go on the page for the "threat" itself, and click "actions -> allow"

If you have suggestions for how to get Microsoft to stop false flagging w64devkit, I'd love to hear them. AFAIK, it is impossible.

Peter0x44 commented 14 hours ago

This is an old screenshot from a different obnoxious run-in with windows defender, and it's on windows 10. But I doubt Windows 11 differs by that much here.

Megaemce commented 14 hours ago

Thx for the imput. Do you have any idea why then version 1.22 cause no windows defender alert?