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Dark reader flagged as PUA:Win32/CoinMiner

See original GitHub issue

Windows defender flagged the chrome extension as malware PUA:Win32/CoinMiner when downloading from chrome store

Just wanted you to be aware of this

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:21 (13 by maintainers)

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alexanderbycommented, Dec 8, 2020

A message from MS:

We have removed the detection. Please follow the steps below to clear cached detection and obtain the latest malware definitions.

Open command prompt as administrator and change directory to c:\Program Files\Windows Defender
Run “MpCmdRun.exe -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures”
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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alexanderbycommented, Dec 8, 2020

I’ve reported the problem to Microsoft, they have a special form for it. My Windows Defender is silent even though is up to date. I will try to dig into it.

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