CLaunch - Known Issues

Information on known bugs or usage problems and how to deal with them are posted here.
If you find any problems not listed here, please report them by email. But if the reported behavior is specification, or if the failure phenomenon cannot be reproduced in the author's environment, it will not be posted here.

◆ CLaunch is determined as malware by security software.

In recent years, the number of cases in which CLaunch is determined to be a threat by security software has increased dramatically. Before publishing software on this site, I check it with VirusTotal in advance. The number of threats detected is only a few before uploading to the server, but the number increase to several dozen within a day or two after publication and then gradually decrease over several months. This is a recent trend.
The number of threats detected in the Zip version of CLaunch v4.06 64-bit has decreased to 5 as of April 7, 2024, but the number of detected threats in the installer version is still high at 29. However, the files included in the Zip version and the installer version are completely the same, and the installer version is actually a self-extracting Zip archive created using pon software's Explzh. Explzh is a proven software that is provided for a fee to businesses and has a digital signature, so there should be no major difference in security between the Zip version and the installer version. However, the fact that it is an administrator privilege elevation app and that the OriginalFilename in the version resource (deczipW.exe) is different from the distribution filename (cl64_406.exe) can be a disadvantage.
The 32-bit version has tended to be judged more strictly than the 64-bit version, but the source code is over 99.9% the same. (The only difference is the method of subclassing common controls, and it is switched using conditional compilation.) The reason for this is probably simply a difference in the number of downloads. Monthly data reported by Vector shows that the 64-bit version is downloaded five times more than the 32-bit version.