jesseduffield
LazyGit is flagged as malware by Windows Security
Describe the bug Windows 10 flags lazygit 0.38.1 as malware
Trojan:Win32/Bearfoos.B!ml
This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.
file: C:\Program Files\Lazygit\lazygit.exe
To Reproduce Install and execute lazygit 0.38.1 on Windows 10
Expected behavior Windows should not flag this program as a malware if the program isn't malicious.
Version info: lazygit 0.38.1 git version 2.38.1.windows.1
Additional context Reverting to version 0.37 seems to remove the security warning
Continuing the investigation
VirusTotal reports
0.37 Windows_x86_64 - 0/69 detections 0.38 Windows_x86_64 - 0/69 detections 0.38.1 Windows_x86_64 - 1/69 detections MaxSecure: Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
0.38.1 Source Code zip - 0/59 0.38.2 Windows_x86_64 - 1/69 detections MaxSecure: Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
0.38.2 Windows_32-bit - 1/70 detections SecureAge - Malicious
0.38.2 Linux_x86_64 - 0/61 detections
Bitdefender does not seem to flag any version as a malware.
I have no idea why it's been caught or what to do to rectify this. Does anybody have experience with Windows Security's false positives?
See https://superuser.com/questions/1416678/my-own-backup-program-was-detected-as-win32-bearfoos-aml-virus It might help submitting to Microsoft
