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Antivirus flags AnsiUtils.ps1 for "reflective code loading"
System Details
- posh-git version/path: 1.1.0 (and older)
- PowerShell version: 7.2.6
- Git version: 2.37.2.windows.2
- Operating system name and version: Windows 10 Pro 19044.2006
Issue Description
Certain (perhaps overzealous) antivirus software flags the line
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Drawing') > $null
as malicious, because "reflective code loading" can be used to execute a payload while avoiding some forms of malware detection.
I was able to work around this for myself by removing this line and replacing references to the $ColorType
and $ColorTranslator
variables with [System.Drawing.Color]
and [System.Drawing.ColorTranslator]
. See commit ed72492 in my fork. However, this solution fails 18 tests with messages like Unable to find type [System.Drawing.Color]
, presumably because the System.Drawing
assembly is not part of .NET Core/5/6 except via NuGet packages.
It would be nice to get something like this upstreamed, so that I can install future updates without having to modify them. I am not sure whether it is possible (or desirable) to have a NuGet dependency that would allow this to work, or whether there might be another solution that would work better.