librespeed / librespeed/speedtest-go
speedtest-backend.exe classified as threat
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Description
Description
On the lastest release 1.1.5, Windows Defender while fully updated classifies it as a threat.
Somehting to do with the patches on "fix Windows build"? (https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest-go/commit/9cbc95a6db3b933f22b79cdc6cc9413b31af7ed0)
Server
Windows 10
Caddy webserver
Client
NA
Steps to reproduce
- Download latest release
- Bad stuff may happen
Expected behaviour
No threat?
Screenshots
Contributor guide
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the Windows build changes in commit 9cbc95a6db3b933f22b79cdc6cc9413b31af7ed0 and reproduce the report by downloading release 1.1.5 and scanning speedtest-backend.exe with fully updated Windows Defender. Trace the cause of the threat classification and verify that a resulting release executable is no longer flagged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- backend, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100