Goldwave 6.54 - Windows Defender reports Trojan

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pjbooth
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Goldwave 6.54 - Windows Defender reports Trojan

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Just ran InstallGoldWave654.exe (on Windows Professional 64-bit with latest updates applied).
Windows Defender immediately alerted me: "Threat found .... Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.D4!ml ... in GWVSTBridge32.exe
This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker"

I've run Goldwave since the 1990s and never hit this type of issue upgrading it before.

I can't find Goldwave's email ID for alerting of possible viruses. Any suggestions how I get this message to their developers?
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Re: Goldwave 6.54 - Windows Defender reports Trojan

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angryllama
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Re: Goldwave 6.54 - Windows Defender reports Trojan

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Per GoldWave Support:
"That is a false positive. You can scan the download at virustotal.com for better analysis. Please be sure to get the latest updates for Windows Defender."
angryllama
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Re: Goldwave 6.54 - Windows Defender reports Trojan

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pjbooth wrote:
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:46 pm
Sorry - installation filename is InstallGoldWave654.exe ... typo due to cold fingers
You could probably edit the original post & delete the reply to yourself per threadiquette.
Sara
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Re: Goldwave 6.54 - Windows Defender reports Trojan

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pjbooth wrote:
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:46 pm
Sorry - installation filename is InstallGoldWave654.exe ... typo due to cold fingers
hi
don't worry it's clean , just a false allarm , but fixed by Microsoft

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MD5
a00fd9463d54e25ec8e030688beef156
SHA1

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62ddcb2c521d44e20618ed55fa46f2373726f92e
SHA-256

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2740eb373c1aee30c50f6a634e7fc5f2ebddfaec298a0b4090761227a8f827ea
look
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/274 ... /detection
Goldwave Lover ♥ ♫
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