Windows Defender reported a severe threat - Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml

[Sarig]

I got the following message from Windows Defender after ZACH-LIKE was auto-updated by Steam ('always keep this game up to date' setting).

Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Status: Removed
A threat or app was removed from this device.
Date: 7/16/2023 5:44 AM
Details: This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.
Affected items: file: E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\downloading\1098840\ZACH-LIKE.exe

[randommeme]

Yes, I received this too. Uninstalled. Wondering what's going on, or if this is a false positive?

[krispykrem]

As far as I know it's a false positive. I rewrote the launcher to fix the Windows Terminal crashes that were happening and it didn't like something about the executable. I've pushed a new version just now that should hopefully fix this.

[signaturefish]

Having just updated and booted the launcher, MS Defender is a lot calmer about this build :)

(I did get the warning reported above when I updated earlier today, so I suspect the issue is fixed.)

[Camdol]

Seems fixed. thank you very much

[Rerun]

thanks for the fix!