Windows Defender quarantines the executable for 1.2.1 about game-pencil-engine-editor HOT 5 CLOSED

Ran a virus scan on the main 1.2.1 Windows Executable. 1 out of 67 virus scanners reported malicious activity. (Cylance) (https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/9e2402353d205936590046404b80fbcd0916d38bec8a9d1adb70acb83ddcaccf/detection)

As far as I know, we haven't been compromised at all, so the file should be clean.
Further investigation is needed.

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Testing on Windows 10 Pro Version 1709 Build 16299.248.
Using Window Defender Security Center, Threat Definition version: 1.261.1676.0

Using GPE_Windows_v1_2_1_RC.zip from GitHub releases yield: 0 threats, 1,371 files scanned.

Hmm... Can't seem to recreate the issue. Can anyone else confirm?
Perhaps Windows Defender is just a bit over-zealous with detecting malware? Maybe a false positive?

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@AsixJin - Can you provide us with the Threat Definition version that you are using?
Here are instructions on how to find this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/windows-defender-security-center-antivirus#definition-version

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I'll get to it the moment I get back to my computer and I'll do the same on my other machine.

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We submitted a malware analysis request to the Windows Defender Security Intelligence Team earlier today. The analyst sent us the results a few hours ago and they categorized it as not malware.

If Windows Defender continues to flag our executable, it is a false-positive.

For completeness, here is a screenshot of what was submitted along with their final determination. Note that the final determination was last updated at 5:40PM, that same day.

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