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[Ente Auth] Desktop app installer rejected by Microsoft Defender SmartScreen due to Unknown publisher #1297

Open boktai1000 opened 5 months ago

boktai1000 commented 5 months ago

Description

When attempting to install ente-auth-v2.0.50-installer.exe - the latest release for Windows, Microsoft SmartScreen prompts the user to either "Run anyway" or "Don't run" due to Running this app might put your PC at risk.

With Ente auth being a security related/adjacent resource (which I'm grateful for - thank you and congrats on the Desktop release!) this is probably something that would ideally not pop.

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Version

v2.0.50

What product are you using?

Ente Auth

What platform are you using?

Desktop - Windows

tastyratz commented 4 months ago

This is something I have also experienced. I want to be able to access my personal accounts from my work PC and I'm unable to run the exe or install it because the program publisher verification failed. If the application was signed, I would be able to use Ente.

I'll be watching this one closely as I cannot migrate to Ente until I can get past this.

TomsDex commented 3 months ago

Confirmed in photos desktop 1.7.1-rc

tastyratz commented 3 months ago

To update this report, I downloaded Ente Auth v3.0.13 and the program publisher no longer says "Unknown Publisher" but now SAYS "Ente". This is in the right direction but it's still failing Windows smart screen and says publisher verification failed.

CidTori commented 1 month ago

Same with photos-desktop 1.7.2

discoveringaryan commented 3 weeks ago

I am not even having an option to "Run Anyway" when trying to run the latest portable/standalone and other windows apps ALl of it would be easily fixed if they could just bring Ente Auth to Microsoft Store like they did to Google Appstore and other place This aint much of a hassle and a quick fix that would benefit in other ways too

But they have to do something about the portable standalone windows app as well !

tlcb commented 1 day ago

I was hoping to migrate to Ente Auth too as it looks great. Alas I also got the Smartscreen warning. I was able to "run anyway" then Trend Micro blocked it stating it was Malware. All sorts of alarms are probably going off in my IT department now as it's on my work PC. Back to my 2nd option of using 2FAS unfortunately. Will be great if they get this resolved.