Installation file is considered malware by browsers and anti-virus software... [message #45] |
Thu, 05 February 2015 10:31 ![Go to next message Go to next message](/forum/theme/myThemeWithHFCSS/images/down.png) |
timritchie
Messages: 15 Registered: February 2015 Location: St Albans, UK
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Hello,
I downloaded the datawarrior.msi file for Windows. This file is considered malicious by browsers and anti-virus software.
Whilst one can go ahead and make the installation and use Datawarrior, it would be very helpful if the file could be authenicated in some way to prevent such alerts.
Regards,
Tim Ritchie.
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Re: Installation file is considered malware by browsers and anti-virus software... [message #169 is a reply to message #165] |
Thu, 07 April 2016 23:08 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/myThemeWithHFCSS/images/up.png) |
thomas
Messages: 693 Registered: June 2014
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There were a few single reports about Symantec reporting a virus. However, it is highly unlikely that the executable is infected, because it is now about 9 months old, during this time it was installed and is used by a few thousand people. The executable was build on a Linux computer and the installer was built on a dedicated virtual Windows machine, which is exclusively started and used for building the msi-file and for testing, whether the msi works.
I assume that it is a false alert or that the file got infected after unpacking it from the msi.
For the upcoming version I will publish the MD5 hash codes of the installer files to allowing checking, whether they
are still the original ones.
Thomas
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