Python Exe Obfuscation to Evade Windows Defender

Question

I know this sounds kind of shady but let me explain.

I wrote a program in Python to automate some tasks for my work. Now, when I try to build the project into an EXE and run it on my Windows machine, Windows Defender recognizes it as malware and removes it. I don't want to buy any licenses or contact support.

What would be an efficient way to obfuscate my code and get it through Windows Defender?

I got a whole project folder with multiple scripts.

Answer 1

I'd say the easier way to go about it would be to exclude the file from Windows Defender on your machine, see Windows Support thread on this.

You may exclude the entire project folder from Defender, should probably solve your problem?