Restore external autoinstall.exe functionality

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Autoit binaries are blocked by anti virus tools.

Re-write in python.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by grizzly.nyo on 25 Jul 2012 at 3:41

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Hi Grizzly,

My clients report that McAfee On-Access Scan is blocking the following files as 
Trojans:

- log2del.exe (4 instances) listed as containing Artemis!FDE29A1DFD6B
- docfolders.exe listed as containing Artemis!E260...
- autoinstall.exe listed as containing Artemis!C1BF...

I'm pretty sure these are false positives, but still it would be great if we 
can avoid such situations in the future.  Let me know if there is any way that 
I can help.

RHH

Original comment by starsare...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2012 at 3:30

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Yes this a known issue. I've replaced the above with NSI code within the 
relevant packages. Only 1-2 Autoit scripts are left so the changes for this 
repeating is greatly reduced.

Original comment by grizzly.nyo on 2 Aug 2012 at 11:53

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Cool, thanks!  You folks have been working on a very valuable project and could 
probably ask for PSF funding for it too, since it promotes wider usage of 
Python by making a scientific computing environment easy to install on Windows 
(which, by the way, I do not use but many people I work with do and having 
something like PythonXY makes it a lot easier to persuade them to switch to 
using Python).

Original comment by starsare...@gmail.com on 2 Aug 2012 at 1:06

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Hi, I just wanted to know if there is an estimated release date for 2.7.2.4 
that addresses the anti-virus false alarm issue and whether there is anything I 
can do to help.

Original comment by starsare...@gmail.com on 13 Sep 2012 at 6:18

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Original comment by grizzly.nyo on 1 Jun 2013 at 10:22

• Added labels: Milestone-Release2.7.5.x
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