CommonAppDataFolder and UAC

[Wyatt]

Would it update itself when you haven't released a new version in the last couple of weeks?

No, it wouldn't. However it would self-update if you're using an old version of wyUpdate. So, the question is this: what version of wyupdate.exe are you using? Right click wyUpdate.exe, click Properties, and look at the version number.

[JamesNK]

The wyUpdate.exe version included with the initial msi installer is 2.6.16.4

[JamesNK]

Have you spoken to AVG?

I have an authenticode certificate that I'm using to sign the installer and I experimented signing wyupdate.exe with the certificate and the error has yet to reappear. I'm guessing it isn't flagged anymore because whatever heuristics the anti-virus uses to determines whether a program is a virus sees that the exe is authenticode signed and so doesn't flag it.

Could you start authenticode signing your builds of wyupdate.exe?

[Wyatt]

We do sign wyUpdate. Were you building it from source?

[JamesNK]

I ended up building from source code after the delay in the next release for UAC.

It looks like as long as wyupdate.exe is signed then AVG won't complain about it.