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ffsend@0.2.76: hash check failed #7259

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@grmnbnd

Tried installing on WIndows through powershell using scoop. Got the below console output as well as Defender telling me it detected a Trojan:

Trojan:Win32/Malgent!ic

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Tried running the installer again and had the same result.

PS C:\Users\User> scoop install ffsend
Installing 'ffsend' (0.2.76) [64bit] from 'main' bucket
ffsend-v0.2.76-windows-x64-static.exe (8.2 MB) [==============================================================] 100%
Checking hash of ffsend-v0.2.76-windows-x64-static.exe ... Get-FileHash : The file 'C:\Users\User\scoop\apps\ffsend\0.2.76\ffsend.exe' cannot be read: Operation did not complete
successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software.
At C:\Users\User\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\download.ps1:734 char:16
+     $actual = (Get-FileHash -Path $file -Algorithm $algorithm).Hash.T ...
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   on
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileReadError,Get-FileHash

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\User\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\download.ps1:734 char:5
+     $actual = (Get-FileHash -Path $file -Algorithm $algorithm).Hash.T ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Content : Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted
software.
At C:\Users\User\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\download.ps1:657 char:16
+         return Get-Content $file -Encoding byte -TotalCount 8
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ReadError: (C:\Users\User\s...2.76\ffsend.exe:String) [Get-Content], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetContentReaderIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

ERROR Hash check failed!
App:         main/ffsend
URL:         https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend/releases/download/v0.2.76/ffsend-v0.2.76-windows-x64-static.exe#/ffsend.exe
First bytes:
Expected:    09d923348d083c130e8e26f990ba4c90022a2b26e6a9f0c55ac78420f84089f8
Actual:

Please try again or create a new issue by using the following link and paste your console output:
https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/issues/new?title=ffsend%400.2.76%3a+hash+check+failed

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