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Windows Defender detects it as Win32/Lineage password stealer :(

Even without defender activated, the fact that the binary is not signed is triggering windows 10 security. Not an issue for me but you might want to sign the binary to avoid this.

Yes, that's a very important point. I'll update the website to notify the user about the unsigned binary issue.

I can't sign them at this point, but I will apply as soon as possible.

Right now macOS and Windows 10 complain about an unreliable executable (as they should).

Thanks for reporting! What's Lineage?

Did some research as I was interested.

Win32/Lineage[0] is a bit of malware (or perhaps a characteristic of malware) that steals credentials. It looks like other software has had false-positives for this before (i.e. optipng[1]). You can also submit eul as a false-positive here[2].

[0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclo...

[1]: https://github.com/madskristensen/WebEssentials2013/issues/5...

[2]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/filesubmission

Thanks, I think I know what causes it. Will fix asap.

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