BusKill
Fix Windows pre-release bug
Context: I did a lot of work last year to fix the builds on macos, update the dependencies, and let users choose their own fonts (accessibility). We got close to a release candidate, but iirc the latest pre-release (built a little over a year ago at this point) had a runtime bug on Windows.
Let's fix that bug and see if we can then release v0.8
Well, I did get the error to display briefly (also I noticed that the hamburger menu was missing on the top-left of the app), but when I tried to re-open it after the crash, Windows refused to launch the BusKill app. It said:
Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software.
Likely some bullshit false-positive, unless GitHub really did serve me something malicious..
Windows notifications said Windows Defender found Trojan:Win32/Yomal!rfn
Apparently this false-positive was also found in vim. Good job Microsoft..
- https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/issues/366
They even had to add to their FAQ that this is so common:
- https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/wiki#the-installer-contains-a-virustrojanermalware-what-should-i-do
I mean, if Microsoft gave me some way to investigate it (like and "advanced" or "more info" button where it told me that some signature X was found in some file Y), then I could take this seriously. But since Microsoft Defender is well-documented to be absolute untrustworthy, non-transparent, and false-positive crap, I'm just going to ignore this.
The solution to the Windows Defender false-positive is to quickly tap the notification toast popup, then change the radio button on the Windows Defender window from "Quarantine" to "Allow on Device"