Malwarebytes is flagging balenaetcher as malware

[nascentt]

• Etcher version:1.18.13.0
• Operating system and architecture:Windows 10
• Image flashed:
• What do you think should have happened:
• What happened:malwarebytes is flagging balena etcher as malware 'Malware.AI.3253061021'
• Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

[pelicanmedia]

Same here. Both quarantined.

Link from Malwarebytes report Malware.AI.3253061021

[aethernet]

Looks like false positive found by their AI system.

Can you check if it also happens with 1.19.3 (pre-release)?

[pelicanmedia]

There is no virus warning after a new scan, but I get the below when installing 1.19.3...

[aethernet]

I have been able to reproduced. This is actually a bug in the installer and not in etcher itself. If you let it go, it will eventually install and launch etcher.

I'm currently trying to find the cause.

[Olman62]

The application made my 2 flash drives as write-protected and I cannot format them.