Re: Defender picking up ZAP

[Simon Bennetts]

Hiya,

Look at the big warning and link at the top of the https://www.zaproxy.org/download/ page :)

Cheers,

Simon

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026 at 14:12:00 UTC majara...@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

Probably just a quick thread, but I’ve just downloaded OWASP ZAP to see what it’s about. I understand it’s a security tool with lots of payloads and other components, so the chances of it being flagged are pretty high, but I just wanted to ask, did anyone else’s Defender pick up loads of ZAP files as backdoors or potentially unwanted applications?

I’ve excluded the folder from scanning and it’s fine now, but just wanted to check I’m not the only one. Downloaded from the official source in case it helps for clarification:
https://www.zaproxy.org/download/

Thanks