[GH-ISSUE #555] Problems downloading the executable on Windows #358

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opened 2026-03-15 14:04:27 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments
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Originally created by @albertjoelbg on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/issues/555

mailpit-windows-amd64.zip virus detection in Chrome downloads

Originally created by @albertjoelbg on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/issues/555 mailpit-windows-amd64.zip virus detection in Chrome downloads
kerem closed this issue 2026-03-15 14:04:32 +03:00
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@axllent commented on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025):

Please see #386 - this is a false positive in your antivirus (I assume Windows Defender?).

<!-- gh-comment-id:3194611540 --> @axllent commented on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025): Please see #386 - this is a false positive in your antivirus (I assume Windows Defender?).
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@albertjoelbg commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025):

Oh thanks mate

<!-- gh-comment-id:3195005386 --> @albertjoelbg commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025): Oh thanks mate
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@axllent commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025):

No problem. Sorry, but I really cannot change the fact that Windows Defender is well known for false-positive virus alerts, especially in any application created in Go (the language Mailpit uses). It's been like this for years, and I really expected they would improve their AV by now, but it seems not.

You can see it passes against every other AV: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/d78f4eea79f0aa30732e58a86b33090f02f6bc0cad9ab67d7fcf650f710d71c5

<!-- gh-comment-id:3195092514 --> @axllent commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025): No problem. Sorry, but I really cannot change the fact that Windows Defender is well known for false-positive virus alerts, especially in any application created in Go (the language Mailpit uses). It's been like this for years, and I really expected they would improve their AV by now, but it seems not. You can see it passes against every other AV: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/d78f4eea79f0aa30732e58a86b33090f02f6bc0cad9ab67d7fcf650f710d71c5
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