Application auto-flagged as malware on mac and deleted - Compromised?

[foxwhat]

Describe the bug
When attempting to open the app on mac, it is flagged as malware and immediately moved to the trash

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Download micropad via the link at https://getmicropad.com/#download
2. Open the .dmg and install it
3. Attempt to open the application
4. See mac os dialogue 'Malware Blocked and Moved to Bin : “µPad.app” was not opened because it contains malware. This action did not harm your Mac.'
5. app is now in the trash

Expected behaviour
I know unsigned software is a thing with mac, I use unsigned and third party software and they make it frustratingly diffficult to use. But this is not warning me that I have downloaded an unknown app and making me do work arounds, the usual rightclick open anyway/security settings allow-anyway are not available to me, it's telling me it's straight up malware.

If this is just a known mac thing, I'll see if I can strip whatever xattr quarantine attributes it's getting flagged with, but I'd like to have confirmation I have the correct file via checksum or something, and not that the download has actually been compromised.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Mac os 15.7
• I do have SIP and Gatekeeper enabled for now, and while I'm not opposed to going around those protections, I'll only do it for software I can check out in other ways.

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[NickGeek]

Thanks @foxwhat I actually ran into this too.

It's not compromised, it's a false positive. You can build the app from source yourself if you want to be sure.

I think I'm eventually gonna have to bite the bullet and pay apple the $140 a year they want to get it notarised.