Quote from: dlwittsr on January 25, 2025, 06:18:17 PM

Pulled the I-Standard windows .exe off github. Windows defender objected (Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml). So I, verified with VirusTotal.com, which confirmed a risk (37 of 73 scanners objected).
Is there a story here that anyone else has seen?
The Apollo II .exe for windows does not get flagged.
Thank you for all input.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/3c9316d98efee1615e21dafcf378fb7ecd43d4ded408df4825f8e561a52b460f

Windows doesn't like mining software. It gets flagged a lot and you have to exclude it from windows defender. it will run fine then on a specific update they flag it. It's from the days when viruses would load mining software to run in the background of the computer and use up resources. I have old versions of mining software running my USB and CPU miners of other systems and a recent windows update flagged these files. I have them running on isolated laptops and I tell defender to ignore the file as ok and not trojan. It should isolate it out. If you execute the defender fix then it gets deleted.

Your link gives tips to programmers for what is being detected and why with possible fixes to those detections. Some may be fixable, others may be the result of the miner software design. The programmers should sign the file and you can verify the checksum to make sure there was no additional manipulation of those files. If there was and not a match, then I'd be suspicious and programmers should look into it.