Avast thinks Julia is a virus

[cadamsdev]

Julia version: 1.0.0
Operating System: Windows 10
Both 32-bit and 64-bit installers get this issue
Installation directory: C:\Users\chief\AppData\Local\Julia-1.0.0

Downloaded installer from https://julialang.org/downloads/

Here's my test

32-bit installation

64-bit installation

[ViralBShah]

Any ideas what it takes to make it change its mind?

[cadamsdev]

@ViralBShah I'm not sure.. Here's the details although may not be very helpful.

[Keno]

Did we forget to sign the installer? Usually signed binaries are exempt from these kinds of detections. cc @ararslan

[ararslan]

I think the buildbots sign them and I re-sign them just in case. @nshusa, can you check whether this happens with other versions of Julia, e.g. 0.7 or 0.6? They're available on https://julialang.org/downloads.

[cadamsdev]

@Keno @ararslan Just tested on version 0.7 and both installers (32-bit and 64-bit) work. (No virus detected)

version: 0.7 32-bit installation test

version: 0.7 64-bit installation test

[ararslan]

Okay, good to know. I'll recheck the 1.0 Windows binaries in a bit.

[ararslan]

I've signed the 1.0 Windows binaries again and reuploaded them. Could you try again?

[cadamsdev]

@ararslan That fixed the issue! Thanks :)

[saersamani]

Hi,

I am having the same issue with julia 1.0.3 64-bit and Avast. It keeps deleting my installation from my PC with Windows 10.

Thank you very much in advance.

Cheers,
Saer

[mbauman]

As far as I can see, we're following Avast's "Clean" guidelines. You could report this as a false positive to Avast here: https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.php.