Open Nectar 1.0.9.1 — Windows antivirus fix
Windows only.
Linux, macOS and Android stay on
1.0.9.
Download those from there. Nothing changes in the games themselves.
Updating: press Update in your launcher. Saves, settings and texture
packs carry over.
Windows Defender flagged the launcher as a trojan
Some players got a "Threat found" warning from Windows Defender for
nectar-launcher.exe (Trojan:Win32/Bearfoos.A!ml). This was a false
positive. The !ml means it came from Defender's machine-learning guess,
not from a real malware match.
The launcher was doing things that look suspicious to an antivirus: it
started curl.exe and tar.exe in the background to download updates and
texture packs, and the exe had no publisher or version info. This release
changes that:
- Downloads now happen inside the launcher instead of through
curl.exe. - Update zips are unpacked inside the launcher instead of through
tar.exe. nectar.exe,nectar-pal.exeandnectar-launcher.exenow have
publisher and version information (right-click → Properties → Details).
If Defender still blocks it: open Windows Security → Protection history,
select the detection and choose Allow on device. Only do this with files
downloaded from this releases page.