pyinstaller wrong classified as Windows virus

[Barry]

> On 29 Nov 2021, at 00:03, anthony.flury via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
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> On 26/11/2021 07:13, Ulli Horlacher wrote
>>> But consider another possibility that your compiler software is compromised
>> Then https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/python-3.10.0-amd64.exe
>> is infected. I doubt this.
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> But you aren't using python3.10 to 'compile' the code to the executable that windows complains about: you are using pyinstaller, which if memory serves is a 3rd party application.
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> I assume that you have no problem running the script without pyinstaller ?
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> so Might pyinstaller be compromised in some way ?

Not likely.

On windows pyinstall, and other tools like it, create .exe files on windows.
I would guess it’s that .exe that is triggering the malware detector false positive.

Barry
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>>> Is this happening to only one set of code?
>> This is happening SOMETIMES, not always. With the SAME source code. When I
>> call pyinstaller often enough, then the virus scanner is quiet. In about 1
>> of 20 compile runs.
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