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Anton_Pernisch
Dear Community (and Microsoft),
So I'm a software engineer and I was working on one of my projects in Python on Windows (it is a Windows application so whatever) and today, I have turned on my Windows 10 updated computer, fired up Visual Studio Code, applied some hotfixes and then tried to compile it to .exe via pyinstaller library to prepare it for distribution. But immediately after I've entered pyinstaller command in cmd, a super useful and effective anti-virus named Windows Defender decided to erase these things (for some reason):
So now, I'm stuck with all of my own .exe files deleted (including small scripts for my servers' automation as well as distribution .exe files for all of my apps - doesn't include installers, but at this point, I wouldn't be even surprised...) without any chance of me to compile it again, since Windows Defender keeps deleting pyinstaller's bootloader every time I try to run it after a fresh installation.
I don't want to set up some mumbo jumbo exceptions for literally ALL of my programs and bootloader plus I expect this behavior on clients using my apps as well, and as a developer, I'm NOT happy about it, let alone deleting it on my local machine. For the love of God, I literally wrote code, if there will be some tRoJaN I would know about it!
I want to point out that my friend that is working with Python .exe compiled files and pyinstaller library has this problem too. This is not a pyinstaller's fault, it's a Windows Defender fault since Windows Defender is deleting files that absolutely have nothing to do with viruses. But I guess that's why it is default and free anti-virus...
I want Microsoft to fix this as soon as possible because THEY have taken from me (and maybe from some of you guys as well?) ability to create programs that at the end of the day will be used on their OS and will add functionality and reason why to use Windows... I'm literally paying around 120€ for an OS that is automatically destroying my own .exe files. For now, I have lost another reason why would I use Windows...
Thanks Defender!
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So I'm a software engineer and I was working on one of my projects in Python on Windows (it is a Windows application so whatever) and today, I have turned on my Windows 10 updated computer, fired up Visual Studio Code, applied some hotfixes and then tried to compile it to .exe via pyinstaller library to prepare it for distribution. But immediately after I've entered pyinstaller command in cmd, a super useful and effective anti-virus named Windows Defender decided to erase these things (for some reason):
- All .exe files on my computer that I myself wrote and compiled (meaning all distribution files for my apps on my local computer)
- Bootloader .exe from pyinstaller library (meaning I no longer can compile my next .py files to .exe)
So now, I'm stuck with all of my own .exe files deleted (including small scripts for my servers' automation as well as distribution .exe files for all of my apps - doesn't include installers, but at this point, I wouldn't be even surprised...) without any chance of me to compile it again, since Windows Defender keeps deleting pyinstaller's bootloader every time I try to run it after a fresh installation.
I don't want to set up some mumbo jumbo exceptions for literally ALL of my programs and bootloader plus I expect this behavior on clients using my apps as well, and as a developer, I'm NOT happy about it, let alone deleting it on my local machine. For the love of God, I literally wrote code, if there will be some tRoJaN I would know about it!
I want to point out that my friend that is working with Python .exe compiled files and pyinstaller library has this problem too. This is not a pyinstaller's fault, it's a Windows Defender fault since Windows Defender is deleting files that absolutely have nothing to do with viruses. But I guess that's why it is default and free anti-virus...
I want Microsoft to fix this as soon as possible because THEY have taken from me (and maybe from some of you guys as well?) ability to create programs that at the end of the day will be used on their OS and will add functionality and reason why to use Windows... I'm literally paying around 120€ for an OS that is automatically destroying my own .exe files. For now, I have lost another reason why would I use Windows...
Thanks Defender!
Continue reading...