Bitdefender recognizes uninstall.exe as threat
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Description
While scanning the system Bitdefender AntiVirus Free recognized uninstall.exe (electrum folder) as thread and put it into quarantine.
Previous scan with Windows Defender showed no such result.
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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 examining uninstall.exe in the Electrum folder and reproducing the Bitdefender detection, then compare the result with the reported Windows Defender scan. Determine whether the executable is incorrectly flagged and document the conditions needed to verify that the threat detection is addressed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100