Windows Defender positive: Redirector.GPAY!MTB

[funiel]

Captchas

• I have read the instructions.
• I have searched existing issues and avoided creating duplicates.
• I am not filing an enhancement request.

What happened?

Upon starting Zen it tests positive for Trojan:HTML/Redirector.GPAY!MTB in Windows Defender. There are no Extensions or Zen Mods active. This happens every time the browser is started.

Reproducible?

• I have checked that this issue cannot be reproduced on Mozilla Firefox.

Version

1.0.1-a.22

What platform are you seeing the problem on?

Windows

Relevant log output

Affected items:
containerfile: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\zen\Profiles\b2jeerjy.Default (alpha)\cache2\entries\5ABEB894BA0C01D708DD715E3D5D458F23540231
file: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\zen\Profiles\b2jeerjy.Default (alpha)\cache2\entries\5ABEB894BA0C01D708DD715E3D5D458F23540231->(SCRIPT0000)

[dosubot]

I found 2 similar closed issues that might be helpful:

1. Thread 1 - The suggested solution is to consider signing keys to prevent Windows Defender from throwing warnings, which relates to your issue of receiving a positive detection for Trojan:HTML/Redirector.GPAY!MTB.
2. Thread 2 - No solution found in the comments.

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[JSGRD22]

Duplicate of #37.

[j14i]

TLDR; Windows often gives false positives, keep track in the issue mentioned above.