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HL v3.43 x64 Installer: Problems with Windows 10 #65

Closed tajmone closed 6 years ago

tajmone commented 6 years ago

When I try to launch Highlight 3.43 (x64) installer on Win 10 I get a security warning and it gets blocked by Windows Defender SmartScreen. It says it's an unreckognized app and that it poses a threat.

This never happened before with other installers. Signature problems?

andre-simon commented 6 years ago

Doesn't it just all report all apps which are not listed in the MS app store?

tajmone commented 6 years ago

I didn't notice it before, either it's due to Win 10 update or it could be that until recently I used a proprietary antivirus instead of Windows Defender (after a system crash I've lost the machine-bound license, so I didn't reinstall it). With the previous antivirus I didn't have odd warnings when installing, just ask for confirmation (after scanning the installer, the antivirus deemed it safe).

But, yes: I've tried to run the installer of previous versions of HL and got the same message, but I thought this might be due to some new updated Win 10 policies.

Just though of letting you know (I'm no expert on the issue). The whole point is that I though it might prevent installation on machines with restricted permissions (eg, office machine which are supervised). Most likely, the standalone ZIPped of HL version can circumvent the problem.

andre-simon commented 6 years ago

Possibly they changed some rules while updating/rolling out new "features". It should be this setting: https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-windows-smartscreen-in-windows-10/

tajmone commented 6 years ago

Well, it didn't prevent installing it, just warned that it's a software from an unknown author and potentially dangerous, but it did give me the choice to install it.

I just thought it might be worth reporting it, in case something can be done to prevent. But it's not big deal, except that it might scare off some people (Antiviruses are just a pain, 80% of the time they quaranteen false positives, due to open source packers like UPX, etc., and usually they miss out the real threats).