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Threat Detected: Trojan:Script/Wacatac.H!mlΒ #4120

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πŸ“œ What part of Winutil are you having issues with?

ALL -- Flagged and deleted by Windows Security

πŸ“ Provide a clear and concise description of the issue.

Per Windows Defender: Severe Threat - This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.

webfile: J:\Technology\New Windows 11\winutil.ps1|https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset/486418532/7522a8ba-a899-46f4-9d85-d43570e7fda7?sp=r&sv=2018-11-09&sr=b&spr=https&se=2026-02-16T03%3A44%3A06Z&rscd=attachment%3B+filename%3Dwinutil.ps1&rsct=application%2Foctet-stream&skoid=96c2d410-5711-43a1-aedd-ab1947aa7ab0&sktid=398a6654-997b-47e9-b12b-9515b896b4de&skt=2026-02-16T02%3A43%3A38Z&ske=2026-02-16T03%3A44%3A06Z&sks=b&skv=2018-11-09&sig=8jxgFZIO0ya44RnNHhjKNQ4n7ZepZyUnOGCCjpXzOAs%3D&jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmVsZWFzZS1hc3NldHMuZ2l0aHVidXNlcmNvbnRlbnQuY29tIiwia2V5Ijoia2V5MSIsImV4cCI6MTc3MTIxMTUzNSwibmJmIjoxNzcxMjExMjM1LCJwYXRoIjoicmVsZWFzZWFzc2V0cHJvZHVjdGlvbi5ibG9iLmNvcmUud2luZG93cy5uZXQifQ.GL537Lqj8Ll6p2kS5wOQyKHxqxN4sFycF62r6MQARbc&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dwinutil.ps1&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream|pid:17904,ProcessStart:134156848415189717

πŸ”„ Steps to reproduce the issue.

Downloaded from github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

Powershell script was immediately flagged as a Security Threat, was blocked from use, and quarrantined. Can't access original file downloaded.

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