valinet / valinet/ExplorerPatcher
Windows Defender found trojan "Wacatac.h!ml" during today's update
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- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 33.9k
- Forks
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Description
Before reporting your issue
- I have confirmed that this issue does not happen when ExplorerPatcher is not installed
- I do not have "register as shell extension" enabled
- I have tried my best to check existing issues
Repro ExplorerPatcher versions
it's in polish language
Repro Windows Versions
Windows 11 Home 25H2
3rd party tweak software installed
none
Describe the bug
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Expected outcome
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Actual outcome
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Additional info
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Crash Dumps
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Media
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Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
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
No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reading the 18-comment thread and inspecting the attached Windows Defender result for ExplorerPatcher on Windows 11 Home 25H2; done requires establishing whether the update triggers a detection and documenting or resolving the confirmed cause.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100