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MFran.9
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May 14, 2022
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STM32CubeIDE.exe detects as malware?

  • May 14, 2022
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I have just installed STM32CubeIDE and started creating a project. I left shortly and found the application was closed on my return. The icon could no longer see the executable and just now it occurred to me that my security system detected it as a threat.

And in fact, it was detected as malware by BitDefender.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Best answer by Markus GIRDLAND

I answered a similar issue in this thread but I can post it here as well:

We're aware that some software can get blocked by anti-virus, firewalls and companies' IT-departments so we always sign our software and try to make it as legitimate as possible as to not trigger any of these blockers.

At the end of the day we in the CubeIDE team try to bundle and sign everything as well as we can, but we can't control all the variables in the users environment so some cases like this might still pop up on the community.

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Tesla DeLorean
Guru
May 14, 2022

ST's not responsible for what AV software chooses to do.

File a ticker with the BitDefender folks..

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MFran.9
MFran.9Author
Associate
May 14, 2022

I was asking for others experience and not being offensive, so your welcome!!

But no... I exclude it from the scanned files. You can file it if you wish

Pavel A.
Super User
May 14, 2022

What is the malware/threat identifier in BitDefender?

Markus GIRDLAND
ST Employee
May 16, 2022

I answered a similar issue in this thread but I can post it here as well:

We're aware that some software can get blocked by anti-virus, firewalls and companies' IT-departments so we always sign our software and try to make it as legitimate as possible as to not trigger any of these blockers.

At the end of the day we in the CubeIDE team try to bundle and sign everything as well as we can, but we can't control all the variables in the users environment so some cases like this might still pop up on the community.

MFran.9
MFran.9Author
Associate
May 17, 2022

Hi Markus,

As I mentioned already, it was not a complaint as I am well aware that these issues do come up in IDE's. It was to see if others experience the same and to indicate for others that it not uncommon.

I experienced it also from Microsoft Visual Studio, but the response there was rather hostile.

If there would be a place you want to investigate, maybe look at how the unpacking of firmware packages can bypass such detection and if that is even the problem.

Scanners are also getting more aggressive these days and does not make it easier on you guys :)