why is norton flagging prusasl1viewer.exe with a virus?

[rpbp58]

As soon as I opened the zip, Norton found WS.Reputation.1

Also in the prusasl1viewer.dll

Filename: PrusaSL1Viewer.exe
Threat name: WS.Reputation.1Full Path: C:\Users\bob\Downloads\PrusaSL1Viewer_v0.3.3\PrusaSL1Viewer.exe

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On computers as of 
4/5/2022 at 4:05:11 PM

Last Used 
4/5/2022 at 4:07:11 PM

Startup Item 
No

Launched 
No

Threat type: Insight Network Threat. There are many indications that this file is untrustworthy and therefore not safe

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PrusaSL1Viewer.exe Threat name: WS.Reputation.1
Locate

Very Few Users
Fewer than 5 users in the Norton Community have used this file.

Very New
This file was released less than 1 week  ago.

Medium
This file risk is medium.

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https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/253341971/04ce8480-99f2-11ea-8df8-c49cb7c70281?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A/20220405/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220405T200651Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=8077e57b9ec3e0eff0dab37c540c6170f555f8f4e2e85ffd07f96481d75bcb94&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=253341971&response-content-disposition=attachment; filename=PrusaSL1Viewer_v0.3.3.zip&response-content-type=application/octet-stream
Downloaded File from githubusercontent.com
Source: External Media

PrusaSL1Viewer.exe

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File Actions

File: C:\Users\bob\Downloads\PrusaSL1Viewer_v0.3.3\ PrusaSL1Viewer.exe Removed

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File Thumbprint - SHA:
3eaf2de9edddc00cd762714e461be761a4560bd67d6dd316dff2bf5509bd28a4
File Thumbprint - MD5:
eb0cf778d7ac4089cf62872be079b476

[tslater2006]

Seems this is regarding a release that is ~2 years old and ~800 commits behind? should probably just run the latest version...

https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools/releases/tag/v0.3.3

[sn4k3]

Yes, maybe corpse links are the problem, since people share version link instead latest link which points to specific version instead of the latest: https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools/releases/latest

A basic google search can lead to old versions, please always use official software website, even if someone give you direct link, strip that down to home url and go to download section to get the latest. Internet is an archive!

However the complexity of latest UVtools may also be flagged by some AVs, just put an exception if thats the case.