I am an author of specialized software for car sellers called Autopublisher. I am currently trying to release new minor version 3.1.0, but Avast blames me that there is a threat inside and I am unable to build it in any way (except killing the Avast service completely).
It is an Electron application written in Javascript, the build is processed using electron-build package and it worked all the time (of course the quick 15-sec test was triggered all the time)
I also tried to check out some older tagged versions with Git, with no success.
Get a digital certificate bro. It’s impossible to distribute software anymore these days without a digital certificate because some AV will call it malware.
You will have to register a company and the digital certificates are expensive yearly expense but it’s totally worth it if you’re a serious software developer and you won’t have to hear about AV false positives.
The expensive the certificate, the more trust you have. So get one where your company name is mentioned.
It is impractical to keep sending requests for whitelists, you lose customers who will never come back who might have been your loyal customers for life because of the false positives.
Antiviruses these days work on reputation and not really detect malware anymore. So if you’re a new developer even if your software just displays hello world, it will get flagged as suspicious or malware. The only solution is get a digital certificate.
@NTTS “Antiviruses these days work on reputation and not really detect malware anymore.”
According to who? Where are you getting your information? Reputation may be helpful but,
that’s only one factor. Virus checking still very much alive all though most of it is heuristic.
So nobody using Avast is able to even download the older versions…