#2 : 18/10-20 16:54 David Lee
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According to Defender on my PC the culprit is actually arenc.exe and downloads are blocked for both the installed and portable 32-bit versions. Exactly the same issue occurred last year when ver 3.85 was first released so it's probably a false alarm but it wouldn't be a good idea to allow it even if it is safe, since it seems that the only way to do so would be to disable protection against Rogue:Win32/PrivacyCenter completely. I've sent an email to Kim reporting the issue and hopefully he will respond here. Hopefully he will only need to submit a false positive report to Microsoft to get it resolved in a few days. The issue is only with the 32-bit software - if you have a 64-bit version of Windows then the 64-bit version of ARen shouldn't cause any trouble. |
#3 : 18/10-20 17:06 Blas
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I'm having the same issue with v3.87 64-bit. I was using v3.85. Yesterday it said there's an upgrade and I updated to 3.87. I could open it and rename some files. This morning, a few hours later, Windows Defender blocks it saying "it contains a virus or unwanted software". I have no other antivirus installed. I went back to v3.86 and everything's working fine. |
#4 : 18/10-20 18:10 Douglas Giltner
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I am having the same problem. Microsoft Defender Antivirus does not allow the program to run because of discovered threat. I also had to return to version 3.86.
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#5 : 19/10-20 00:58 Sandra
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Also the same problem. Yesterday it worked correctly, now i can't run program, windows block it. also i can't even download portable version - windows stop downloading it. The older version runs correctly.
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#6 : 19/10-20 10:02 Kim Jensen
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This is a false positive. Unfortunately it happens every time I release a new version of Advanced Renamer. And every time I submit a false positive report to Microsoft and they remove the false positive. I wish there were a more permanent fix for this.
Micorosoft has responded to my request and have removed the false positive for 32 bit installer 32 bit portable 64 bit installer I have tested today. I still get a virus warning for 64 bit installer but not for 32 bit installer. I expect the problem to be fixed within 24 hours. Until then I have rolled back to version 3.86.1 as the official Advanced Renamer release. This is the reply from Microsoft: Analyst comments: We have removed the detection. Please follow the steps below to clear cached detection and obtain the latest malware definitions. 1. Open command prompt as administrator and change directory to c:\Program Files\Windows Defender 2. Run “MpCmdRun.exe -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures” 3. Run "MpCmdRun.exe -SignatureUpdate" Alternatively, the latest definition is available for download here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions Thank you for contacting Microsoft. |
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#7 : 19/10-20 10:45 Blas
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Reply to #6:
Thank you! |
#8 : 20/12-20 14:24 ScottyP
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