Autohotkey 2, false positive?

[jmaraujo]

Hello. I'm trying to update Autohotkey v2 with Winget, but the installer keeps getting blocked, with a malware warning. I'll include a log of this detection.

 

Here are the details of the installer, provided by Winget:

Version: 2.0.9
Editor: AutoHotkey Foundation LLC
Author: Steve Gray
Moniker: ahk
Description: AutoHotkey is a free, open source macro-creation and automation software utility that allows users to automate repetitive tasks. It is driven by a custom scripting language that has special provision for defining keyboard shortcuts, otherwise known as hotkeys.
License: GPL-2.0
License URL: https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkey/blob/alpha/license.txt
Documentation: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/
Installer:
  Installer type: exe
  Installer URL: https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkey/releases/download/v2.0.9/AutoHotkey_2.0.9_setup.exe
  Installer SHA256: 8f0ddf90f4cc44499bbeb0f2d3ff298cd5e5d206ca759535495ee767e83b6023
  Release date: 2023-09-17

 

log.txt

[miekiemoes]

Hi,

This is indeed a false positive by our additional machinelearning engine we have implemented.
This will get fixed.

Thanks for reporting!