Mat McGann reported Windows Defender is flagging the background.js file for the chrome extension about roam-highlighter HOT 4 CLOSED

Looks like it is targeting the background.js file for the Chrome Extension which has just the following standard code in it:

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(activeTab) {
    chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {file: "highlighter.js"});
});

from roam-highlighter.

Murf: I have no idea about that Windows Security. I am on windows 10 too and have zero problems. Are you on a work computer that may have some strict security / download restrictions? I'm sure it sees you downloaded a random .zip package from the internet and it had Javascript file in it and flags it.

Here are some articles talking about False Positives for the same "Trojan Sprisky..." description:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Neverwinter/comments/8v0r5u/arc_setup_flagged_as_trojanwin32spriskyvcl_false/
• jasonmayes/Twitter-Post-Fetcher#147
• dbeaver/dbeaver#3005

from roam-highlighter.

looks like somewhat common occurrence when downloading Github repository. Which actually makes sense because you are downloading source code / scripts and Windows should flag it to make sure you know what you downloaded and that it could harm your computer if you don't trust it.

Unfortunately I don't know what I can do about this 🙂 It would be nice if it didn't flag it because I'm just some random guy that told you to download a Javascript so I could see why it would make people feel uneasy haha. But the nice thing is that it looks like it specifically is targeting the background.js file and that is literally like 3 lines of code and just a cookie cutter one that is used alot for chrome extensions to have it execute the extension script (highlighter.js) when you click the extension button. So I dont know what I can do about this. If you find anything on it or have any ideas I"m all ears!

from roam-highlighter.

Alternative is to just download the highlighter.js script file and see if that gets flagged as well? Because that is the only "custom" file I provide for the script. The other stuff is just for setting up a Chrome Extension and once you have that setup, then all you have to do in the future is replace the highlighter.js script in your Chrome Extension folder and it will then update with the changes I made.

from roam-highlighter.