Error compiling

[Teerawut101]

exec: "C:\Arduino18\hardware\espressif\esp32/tools/gen_esp32part.exe": file does not exist

"gen_esp32part.exe" or "gen_esp32part.py"

[me-no-dev]

File is in the repo: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/tools/gen_esp32part.exe

Maybe your clone failed?

[Teerawut101]

Thanks , I turned off the virus scanner so it works.

[euquiq]

Windows Defender detects a Trojan:Win32/Azden.A!cl in \Documents\Arduino\hardware\espressif\esp32\tools\esptool.exe ...

I did Allow this file and reinstalled the Github repository. Now everything is working fine. I only hope that esptool.exe is NOT actually infected !

[copercini]

@me-no-dev Windows Defender come active by default in all newer windows installations, so I think it's a big problem, but looks like just last version of esptool and gen_esp32part are affected

[me-no-dev]

Not the first time i see this ;) all exes i prepare on an isolated virtual machine

[me-no-dev]

Though i used the one on my laptop since i am in shanghai. I usually do it on a carbon copy of it on my desktop. There is no other difference

[copercini]

Probably it's not infected, but can be some new feature that is similar to a virus comportment, like download another .exe from internet, or whatever

The problem is Windows Defender is present in all windows computers, so all windows users will have this problem with updates

[me-no-dev]

So what would be the safe course? Make them install python, pip and all necessary packages?

[copercini]

Revert a version and investigate what changed that is triggering Windows defender?

[copercini]

I'm testing these files: d27d297

https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esptool-a420774-windows.zip (works fine)
https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esptool-4dab24e-windows.zip (deleted by windows defender in zip extraction)

https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/e2bd93c0920346cfbe3c792e82b0b3f99f4354a0/tools/gen_esp32part.exe (works fine, from one commit before d27d297)
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/tools/gen_esp32part.exe (blocked after download, file from actual git version)

[copercini]

@me-no-dev it's probably detected as virus due the process name in both files is "<Input Sample>" and lot of virus have the same name...

(yeah, I know, It's not me who program the antivirus softwares to have conclusions like this.... )

[me-no-dev]

there must be something different between my virtual machines to cause this... i have no clue what though... maybe they are at different updates or something... i really have not used the laptop one in ages. It is certainly not a virus. if anything the one i used is much more cleaner than the other one

[bill-orange]

How annoying. As of this morning Windows Defender is detecting esptool as a virus and deleting it. I kept putting it back and when I tried to upload, it disappeared again. I will post to the windows 10 forum. I can upload okay with Defender off.

Update:
I added an exclusion to defender for my Arduino folder. I there really is a virus in esptool, then I just dropped my pants.

Defender reports the threat as: Trojan:Win32/Azden.Aid

[bill-orange]

Result of submission to MS of esptool:

[me-no-dev]

yeah... as I said, but this is still something I would like to get away from. I can recompile the EXEs once I get back home (in 10 days) but not before that. And would actually be able to compile them on any of my machines... so what to do... crap