@Blacktea [quote=“Blacktea, post:63, topic:1607”]
I can confirm there is something wrong with latest App Inventor.
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Actually you can’t confirm that. What you confirm is that Avast selectively discriminates against ai2 apps (or perhaps just apps that are new and unknown to their quirky policies).
Please read the articles earlier in this thread. Avast is black listing apps that virtually All other virus software deem OK. Note that GooglePlay white listed your apps… Google thinks its fine.
As the above posts indicate; please complain to Avast and / or recommend users do not use Avast software. Sooner or later Avast may fix their heuristic virus signature data base.
Maybe we should bring international legal proceedings regarding discrimination by Avast of all applications created in MIT AI2?
Currenty, every single application (and updates) made in MIT AI2 need to be reported to Avast individually in order to be added onto whitelist, so that Avast won’t warn of any viruses or danger… An interesting fact is that Avast doesn’t report warnings for previously created applications…
I never had antivirus in my phone and I can’t remember the last time I had one in my computer. But I can tell it’s been more than 6 years. Not a single problem. Never.
This is only my opinion and my personal experience, not an actual advice but I realized it all depends on how shady your browsing habits are.
Something strange with AI last 2 days. I have built my app 3-4 days ago, and this app does not contain a virus. Today started tne new project. My new app has a virus… I took my previuos app, remove all blocks and components, excepting those, which I need in new project - Web Viewer and notifier, took blocks from backpack - voila! Virus is absent. It seems that something happened with Web Viewer last 2 days.
I am having same issues huawei and xiaomi. They say they have a warning saying the app has a trojan horse. I have 3 apps in google play and its nonsense 2 of them being said that as a virus. One is old two of them newer. Guys people are uninstalling our apps. We loose trust. There must be sth after 180b. Please fix this. We can not report avast for our every app and wait to fix that false alarm. And also wait people to update their phones this is nonsense. There must be a problem after 180b as I read. Please do sth.
There’s nothing we can do about this. Virus scanners don’t reveal their methodology for how they detect apps because that means that people who write real viruses could just work around it. Therefore, we don’t know why Huawei and Xiaomi devices continue to flag App Inventor apps as malware. Presumably, if Google thought App Inventor was malware they would remove the companion from the Play Store, along with every app ever made with App Inventor.
You are definetely right but we cant explain this to users. If avast says its a virus they accept it. Isnt there any possiblity to review the changes after release 180 such as clickable images, error blocks in web viewer. There must be sth we can do.
I compiled same app with kodular with same package name and keystore. Examined in xiaomi devices and with avast mobile in my own meizu. No problem. Thats interesting. Guys this platform learned me much. I love this place. I am making educational apps for children please there must be a way to overcome this situation.
You do not mention your phone make/model or Android version. However, it is most likely the case that a false-positive is being reported. You can upload your APK files on the website of your Anti-Virus provider for them to test in their lab. I have listed the relevant web pages on my site: https://www.professorcad.co.uk/appinventortips#TipsAntiVirus
Note that if you have a phone made by Huawei, their AV is provided by Avast, in which case you should get a report from Avast first, then write to Huawei with proof of a false-positive from Avast.
Should your App fail the test, create your own App Inventor Forum Topic and report the details. If your App is using any extensions, they might be inadvertently performing suspicious operations, or indeed they might be disguising a genuine virus.
Hola, tengo el mismo problema.
En el hilo de la conversación he leído que una posible solución es denunciar el falso positivo en Avasta.
Fui al enlace que SteveJG facilitó.
Tengo una duda. ¿Qué archivo es el que piden? ¿Apk?
Por favor, puede ayudarme alguien?
Estoy intentando informar a Avast del falso positivo.
El formulario no se envía. Aunque lo he intentado 7 veces.
No sé si estoy cargando el archivo correcto.
Me puede contestar alguien, si es correcto enviar el archivo apka? O debo enviar el aia?
You can use adb to get a crash log from the companion app. I don't think I've ever heard of the companion app crashing on startup (it's a pretty simple app), but if you can give us more information than "it crashes" that would be helpful for us to identify the problem.
I took my previuos app, remove all blocks and components, excepting those, which I need in new project - Web Viewer and notifier, took blocks from backpack - voila! Virus is absent. It seems that something happened with Web Viewer last 2 days.