v1.21 compile.exe reported as a Thread by WindowsDefender

[vaind]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.21.0 windows/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

$ go env
set GO111MODULE=
set GOARCH=amd64
set GOBIN=
set GOCACHE=C:\Users\dlugo\AppData\Local\go-build
set GOENV=C:\Users\dlugo\AppData\Roaming\go\env
set GOEXE=.exe
set GOEXPERIMENT=
set GOFLAGS=
set GOHOSTARCH=amd64
set GOHOSTOS=windows
set GOINSECURE=
set GOMODCACHE=C:\Users\dlugo\go\pkg\mod
set GONOPROXY=
set GONOSUMDB=
set GOOS=windows
set GOPATH=C:\Users\dlugo\go
set GOPRIVATE=
set GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
set GOROOT=C:\Users\dlugo\scoop\apps\go\current
set GOSUMDB=sum.golang.org
set GOTMPDIR=
set GOTOOLCHAIN=auto
set GOTOOLDIR=C:\Users\dlugo\scoop\apps\go\current\pkg\tool\windows_amd64
set GOVCS=
set GOVERSION=go1.21.0
set GCCGO=gccgo
set GOAMD64=v1
set AR=ar
set CC=gcc
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=0
set GOMOD=NUL
set GOWORK=
set CGO_CFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_FFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_LDFLAGS=-O2 -g
set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
set GOGCCFLAGS=-m64 -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=C:\Users\dlugo\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build1330945210=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches

What did you do?

Installed latest go through scoop (but also tried downloading from https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.0.windows-amd64.zip) and when running tests in VS Code, Windows Defender started reporting compile.exe as a threat and the compilation stopped working.

"Details: This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker."
... C:\Users\dlugo\scoop\apps\go\1.21.0\pkg\tool\windows_amd64\compile.exe

What did you expect to see?

What did you see instead?

[seankhliao]

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