New Positron update triggers windows defender severe warning

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Hello,

In the recent update of Positron (and also a recent install in a new Windows 11 PC), I got this severe warning from the windows defender: Trojan:Script/Stealer.HBF!MTB.

It seems to come from one or more extension.js files, like:

  • C:\Users\username.positron\extensions\posit.assistant-0.5.9\dist\extension.js
  • C:\Users\username.positron\extensions.d62e2f58-d203-4549-80eb-3d13a2b07aca\dist\extension.js

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Thank you for reporting! We believe this to be a false positive. We're tracking the problem here; follow for updates: Posit Assistant flagged by Microsoft Defender (Windows, macOS) · Issue #16 · posit-dev/assistant-feedback · GitHub

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Got it! Thanks for the quick reply

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