Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: [Fixed] Defender Blocks Funny Miners Setup.exe https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/471228 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: [Fixed] Defender Blocks Funny Miners Setup.exe en-US Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:51:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.2 mikiem2 on "[Fixed] Defender Blocks Funny Miners Setup.exe" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/471228#post-591182 Sat, 07 Oct 2023 22:33:50 +0000 mikiem2 591182@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

The download page shows gm posting it works now -- I tried again using the same Win11 VM that blocked setup the 1/2 dozen times I tried it, and now it's allowed to run & do its thing. Don't know if the GOTD crew contacted Microsoft, or if Defender just initially blocked it when it showed up on Virus Total, and then once Microsoft's people took a look, seeing it was harmless, removed the block. Since this morning there has been no new Defender update, so the block was apparently on their end.

mikiem2 on "[Fixed] Defender Blocks Funny Miners Setup.exe" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/471228#post-591181 Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:59:19 +0000 mikiem2 591181@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Windows Defender blocks the GOTD setup.exe from working. Uploaded to Virus Total, 2 less known [unknown] AV scanners tag it as a trojan, which is of course nonsense. I did get it to work using Windows Sandbox -- I assume it would also work in Windows Safe Mode -- turning off Defender as possible in Settings did not help.