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fix: Windows Defender false positive on Go binary #178

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Problem

Windows Defender flags the copia-cli Windows binary as malware:

Detection: Trojan:Win32/Sprisky.U!cl

This is a known false positive — Windows Defender heuristics frequently flag Go binaries due to static linking, runtime reflection patterns, and UPX-like memory layouts.

This blocks the winget-pkgs submission (microsoft/winget-pkgs#355129 (comment)) and potentially affects any Windows user downloading the release.

Tasks

  • Submit false positive report to Microsoft Security Intelligence
  • Upload VirusTotal scan result to winget PR as evidence
  • Investigate code signing for Windows binaries (long-term fix)
  • Re-trigger winget validation after Defender definitions are updated

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