Windows recognizes artemis_svl.exe as a virus

[JordanMajd]

Issue

First time I tried to compile & upload example Example8_BLE_LED after installing SF Apollo core via the Arduino IDE:

CreateProcess error=225, Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)

Then Windows removesd the file from the system. When I tried to run again it failed to locate the file:

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Users\lordbunson\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\SparkFun\hardware\apollo3\1.0.15/tools/artemis/windows/artemis_svl.exe": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified

Details

• Platform: Windows 10 Pro Version 1809 OS build 17763.805
• Device: Artemis Nano
• How is device wired: USB C to USB C
• How is everything being powered? USB C
• Are there any additional details that may help us help you?
  • Only antivirus is Windows Defender.
  • I believe I was able to upload Example1_Blink once from 1.0.15 before this happened, but now it triggers on any Artemis example.
  • If you try to click on the file after a fresh install a dialog pops up with the original error, then the file is removed from the system.
  • This happens regardless of whether you install via the official package_sparkfun_index.json via boards manager or by cloning from GH. It also does not seem to matter what branch I am on.
  • Rerpo'd with 1.0.15, 1.0.14 and core-ble branch.

Repro

From git bash or WSL:

# backup Arduino installed board
mv ~/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/SparkFun/hardware/apollo3/1.0.15 1.0.15.bak
# clone from GH
git clone https://github.com/sparkfun/Arduino_Apollo3.git ~/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/SparkFun/hardware/apollo3/1.0.15

Press Win+R to open up run, enter %userprofile%/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/SparkFun/hardware/apollo3/1.0.15/tools/artemis/windows/ to open the directory in explorer.

Now you can double click the file to see the error dialog watch it get deleted in real time.

It's easy to rinse and repeat by simply running a git checkout tools to bring the exe back.

[oclyke]

@JordanMajd Thanks a bunch for the report. We are looking into this - it seems to have cropped up recently without any apparent cause. As a stop-gap fix I am making a new release that contains an archived (v1.0.12) version of the uploader tool.

[JordanMajd]

Thanks! That fixes it.

I removed my apollo3 boards and installed v1.0.12 and was able to upload just fine.

Additionally, I was able to use the v1.0.12 artemis_svl.exe on other releases / branches successfully:

cd ~/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/SparkFun/hardware/apollo3/
git clone -b core-ble https://github.com/sparkfun/Arduino_Apollo3.git 1.0.15
cp  1.0.12/tools/artemis/windows/artemis_svl.exe 1.0.15/tools/artemis/windows/artemis_svl.exe

[oclyke]

Glad to hear it! I've pushed the release to Arduino so it should be available through the boards manager soon (v1.0.16). I will keep this issue open until we can fix the underlying problem.

Notes for later:
Some part of the combination of Windows, pyinstaller, and the source code (and perhaps packages used in the source?) is triggering a virus detection. v1.0.12 seems to work fine.

[oclyke]

Probably fixed by #81. Closing. Please feel free to re-open if there are any more problems.