Windows AV throws a warning about wolf-shaper

[mikobuntu]

Hi, I have had your plugin installed for a few moths ( I think ) and just now i got a warning from Win11 antivirus that it contains a possible trojan, here is a screenshot of the error.

[pdesaulniers]

Hello!

Yes, I am aware of this issue. As far as I can tell, it is a false positive. It seems that the warning is linked to the compiler that I used to generate the binaries (MinGW)

• Binaries built with MinGW on Ubuntu 20.04 through GitHub Actions are being detected as a Trojan by some security vendors: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/420587335d94788b376751745d32d1003663e88c4383c433e5ea920a6f2308f8
• I couldn't reproduce on Ubuntu 22.04 (save for one vendor): https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/0e31b49d38e10f769915f48a6c1f66c9006453e5bf4f1fff37de227a80577721
• Binaries built with mingw-w64-gcc 12.2.0 on my machine were not flagged as malicious. Yet, two weeks later, it seems that some security vendors have changed their mind :( https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/42a703a5f71b19855d9213d57f2261d2182c73c73d39730775188df3e4c47da9

The antivirus probably makes an association between MinGW and a specific malware.

I don't know what would be the best way to avoid this issue. Perhaps switching to a different compiler would help...

[mikobuntu]

That's cool and thanks for the quick reply. I don't normally use Windows OS and was kind of figuring that it was a false/+ .

Hopefully you get it figured out and as you have stated you probably have to switch compiler.

Thanks :)