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Offline Saunookweather

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Weatherdisplay download virus warning
« on: January 20, 2025, 08:26:07 PM »
When I try to download the latest version of Weatherdisplay on 1-20-24, I’m getting a virus warning.
Windows Defender says “Detected:Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml.” Then Defender deletes the file. Anyone else seeing this?

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Re: Weatherdisplay download virus warning
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2025, 08:33:28 PM »
I'm now just seeing this too on the latest installation file. I'm on Windows 11 Home 64-bit.
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Re: Weatherdisplay download virus warning
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2025, 08:38:29 PM »
I'm on Windows 11 Pro 24H2 64bit
« Last Edit: January 20, 2025, 08:47:16 PM by Saunookweather »

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Re: Weatherdisplay download virus warning
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2025, 08:08:07 AM »
I downloaded the 20 Jan version this morning and like the previous two versions I downloaded starting in 2025, Edge gives me a warning that "this file is not commonly downloaded" and asks if I want to keep it. I did not get a warning about a virus though. I haven't tried to install it on my Windows PC yet - I saved it to my Synology NAS server.

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Re: Weatherdisplay download virus warning
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2025, 08:50:30 AM »
Did anyone email the author? He will respond.



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Re: Weatherdisplay download virus warning
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2025, 10:41:43 AM »
Did anyone email the author? He will respond.
Just did  [tup]
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Re: Weatherdisplay download virus warning
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2025, 12:55:59 PM »
He responded saying that the software is likely a false positive. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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