Windows Defender reports trojan virus in V2.4.2

[Kortenbach]

Expected Behavior

No Virus

Actual Behavior

Virus detected and Artisan.exe removed by windows Defender.

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Install Artisan
2. Scan Artisan.exe with Windows Defender

Specifications

• Artisan Version: 2.4.2
• Artisan Build (Sorry, now in quarantine):
• Platform Win10
• Connected devices or roasting machine: n/a

Please attach your current Artisan settings file (as exported via menu Help >> Save Settings as *.aset) file.
Please attach any relevant Artisan *.alog profiles.

Note that you need either add a .txt extension or zip the files before uploading. Otherwise you will receive a "Not a supported file type" error on uploading.

[zenhiker]

Seeing the same issue when installing. As a workaround, you can allow the file to run on the device, but that may not be the best permanent solution. Threat detected is "Trojan:Win32/Zpevdo.B"

Affected items:
file: C:\Program Files\Artisan\artisan.exe
file: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Artisan\Artisan.lnk
file: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Artisan.lnk
regkey: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\Artisan
startup: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Artisan\Artisan.lnk
uninstall: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\Artisan

[MAKOMO]

v2.4.4 improves on this by compiling its own pyinstaller bootloader