Trojan detected in the latest release

[akxer]

Detected: Trojanscript/Wacatac.H!ml
Status: Active
Active threats have not been remediated and are running on your device.
Date: 29-12-2022 01:09
Details: This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.
Affected items:
file: C:\Users\testuser\Downloads\rule34.us.Downloader-win-x64\rule34.us
Downloader.exe

[IBangedMyToaster]

Hey akxer, thanks for letting me know.
Ill look into this and keep you updated

[IBangedMyToaster]

@akxer I have tweaked the Project and can’t seem to reproduce the error anymore. In case the error persists, I would advise you to manually allow the program to run in the security settings or deactivate the real-time protection while downloading the release.

It is interesting to know that this detection is a result of the defender’s machine learning regarding the real-time protection and is in fact a false positive.

Though this machine learning is really used throughout Defender's operation, it's most prevalent within certain specific detections which are designated by a suffix of "!ml" attached to the end of the detection name, which you should note is included in the one which detected your app.

Since these detections are related specifically to machine learning, they are inherently also found via real-time protection, so manual or automated scans will not find them.

Let me know if this workaround did the trick for you.