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I built PyInstaller binaries on Windows a few months ago and had no trouble with Windows Defender at all.
by modeless 2y ago
I built PyInstaller binaries on Windows a few months ago and had no trouble with Windows Defender at all.
- _blk 2y agoYup, it works mostly but not regularly. Did it for a few years for a cross platform proprietary PyQt app with Pyinstaller. Signing helped a lot but the release process was still to submit the binary to a website that checks with most known antivirus software just to be more certain we didn't ship a dud for most windows users. Interestingly, sometimes a rebuild fixed the issue facepalm..
- heavyset_go 2y agoThis was my experience as of two weeks ago using a pyenv-compiled Python 3.12.4 and the latest PyInstaller on a fresh install of Windows 11. If you used the Microsoft-signed or Python Software Foundation-signed Python binaries, maybe it doesn't trip the Defender alarm, same thing if you used older versions of Python or PyInstaller. 3.12.4 only came out on the 6th.