[Solved] Potential trojan: MSYS2 and cmake.exe on Windows 11

Just FYI: Updated MSYS2 (pacman -Syuu) and was going to build the latest DT from main and got this alert from Windows Security:

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This has already been reported and there is nothing we can do about it.

You should verify yourself that your system is not infected, but its a 9 out of 10 chance this is a false positive.

This is a duplicate of Compiling DT on Win 11 triggers Defender alarm.

Actually there are a number of reports in MS forums about it, doesn’t effect only darktable.

Not too surprising, as it happens during the configuration phase of the cmake cycle, and cmake isn’t just used by darktable.

Just quick follow up on that. Found a post describing the same problem here: Redirecting

Most likely a false positive. It seems that cmake version 3.28.1 dated 2023-12-14 solves the issue.