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Like in the topic firts time since ( how long i download any distro of MAME emulator i get prompt from Microsoft defender not about wrong signature or unknown signature of file but about Malware that was detected in exe file. Defender prompts pua:win32/packunwan was detected and blocks this file with any means neccecary even if in sterile conditions i want to downlad and ignore it during install process it is preventing this install from completion.

Is it possible to get me some guidence or maybe do it in *ZIP or *RAR file ( since i hope there is no malware it is only auto unpack exe that is generating issue ?

Below full prompt from sterile container.

" webfile: C:\Users\USER\Downloads\mame0274b_64bit.exe|****objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/14303048/547bdb55-e9cc-4f09-b9ec-8e86e26911bf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=releaseassetproduction%2F20250220%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250220T140937Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=299452d342ca2bce0751da06cab5885aaed9a1dc21d449455f0082d34f823252&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dmame0274b_64bit.exe&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream|pid:33672,ProcessStart:133845340927980054 "

Perfectly DEAD Forum,

Tons of reviews no answer at all.

Eon_Ethernal wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 12:24 pm Perfectly DEAD Forum,

Tons of reviews no answer at all.

Perhaps there are no answers because no-one else is experiencing this issue. Assuming you got your download over here: https://www.mamedev.org/ , one can only assume you got a false positive, and you need to tell your antivirus software to exclude the file from scanning (if such a thing is possible with the antivirus you are using). Either that, or you got the file from another (unofficial) source that has malware hidden inside it.

I got the same from my antivirus. And I attempted to download it from https://www.mamedev.org/
I didn't have any issues with the previous version.
I was hoping one of the developers would have an answer.

As a sidenote, I just saw that MAME 0.275 is available. I was able to download it without my antivirus shit-canning it

Now i like the movement,

So i have double checked and:

I can download and install 0.273 ( No Virus warning ) Only prompt about unknown software signature
I can download 0.274 ( imidiate package check and prompt that pua:win32/packunwan has been detected ( block of software )
I can download and install 0.275 ( No Virus warning ) Only prompt about unknown software signature

Please tell me what is wrong there ?? My antivirus software ??

How come i get false positive on almost same binaries trought series but newer and older than 0.274 are perfectly fine.

Sorry in my opinion it is fishy

Dear DEV's please fix this :*

Eon_Ethernal wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:28 pm Now i like the movement,

So i have double checked and:

I can download and install 0.273 ( No Virus warning ) Only prompt about unknown software signature
I can download 0.274 ( imidiate package check and prompt that pua:win32/packunwan has been detected ( block of software )
I can download and install 0.275 ( No Virus warning ) Only prompt about unknown software signature

Please tell me what is wrong there ?? My antivirus software ??

How come i get false positive on almost same binaries trought series but newer and older than 0.274 are perfectly fine.

Sorry in my opinion it is fishy

Dear DEV's please fix this :*

So I have double checked with my own anti-virus and: Your antivirus software is wrong here and has produced a false positive !!. Contact your dear antivirus vendor and ask them to please fix this. Thanks !