exe files in the Renpy games' "lib" folder keeps being dinged as malware

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exe files in the Renpy games' "lib" folder keeps being dinged as malware

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I don't know why but Windows Defender is suddenly targeting various exe files of the "lib" folder in Ren'py games (zsync.exe, pythonw.exe).
I'm sure they are 100% safe sand not corrupted/infected, because I literally just downloaded them from this site or from itch.io
Any idea why this is happening? (sorry if this is not the right place to ask)
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Re: exe files in the Renpy games' "lib" folder keeps being dinged as malware

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Hi AERenoir,
You could upload these files to Virustotal and have them scanned by all regular virus scanners, just to be sure.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload
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Re: exe files in the Renpy games' "lib" folder keeps being dinged as malware

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Thanks. It appears that it was corrupted by malware. Did a full scan with my antivirus and cleaned out the computer, issue is now resolved.
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