Norton keeps dumping esptool.exe on extraction

[exeng]

Trying to make sure my tool chain is the latest and greatest. When I extract files from OakRestore-master Norton scans an deletes esptool.exe because it thinks it's a Trojan. I'm trying to solve another upload problem and want to be sure I have the latest restore files from github.

Is this file safe?

[kh]

Here are the checksums for my copy, also downloaded from github:

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$ md5sum esptool.exe
dc22f4eba1c32676a1d2b16132d0552c *esptool.exe

$ sha1sum esptool.exe
957aa8fa64f99be977eedf1b75f4bcab67392872 *esptool.exe

Without analyzing the code and compiling it yourself, it's impossible to be certain it's clean, but I haven't had a problem, and Windows Defender has not flagged it.

[exeng]

kh, Thanks. Matches and I went ahead and used it. Now if I could just figure out why I can't seem to get 1.0.5 (see my other recent thread) to work.

[PeterF]

hm... looks like I need to update my esptool.exe ... mine is from Feb 2016 (making it the pre "32-bit compatible windows exe" and "fix missing serial module in esptool.exe" builds), so it has a different MD5/SHA checksum.

23/FEB/2016
MD5: daf40dd03c798c302f9b09fc968bf393
SHA1: 9593821b091113dacf91f3cdc946b874a65649e5

Edit: I just updated to the current version, and I get the same MD5 and SHA checksums. i.e.

8/APR/2016
MD5: dc22f4eba1c32676a1d2b16132d0552c
SHA1: 957aa8fa64f99be977eedf1b75f4bcab67392872