[Solved] Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
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Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
This time I downloaded the one from GitHub instead of the site, didn't install yet, but the hash checked and running through Norton got everything was good.
But the day of this post the same file but from the main site got virus warnings.
Huh?
But the day of this post the same file but from the main site got virus warnings.
Huh?
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
I think there is only one location. The "main site" just links directly to exactly the same github address.
There is only one file; not the same file posted in more than one place.
Gene
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
Thanks everyone, I am sure it's safe.
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
This is an annoying, recurring issue... Apparently Windows flags everything that's not coming from their store as "unsafe" and "potentially fulll of viruses"... I'm not sure yet of the right procedure to take to get rid of that problem, as apparently the requirements are unclear and have changed a number of times in the past.
As if the fake FreeCADs found on the Windows store were any safer...
Probably indeed signing the packages, if that's possible, would be a start, but even so I'm not sure that would be enough. Anyone can sign packages, I guess.
As if the fake FreeCADs found on the Windows store were any safer...
Probably indeed signing the packages, if that's possible, would be a start, but even so I'm not sure that would be enough. Anyone can sign packages, I guess.
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
@yorik
Windows didn't flag, it was norton antivirus. Yet the two I tested from downloading direct from Github one being the portable version checked out fine with norton.
The only one with problems was the downloaded installer from: https://www.freecadweb.org/downloads.php
Windows didn't flag, it was norton antivirus. Yet the two I tested from downloading direct from Github one being the portable version checked out fine with norton.
The only one with problems was the downloaded installer from: https://www.freecadweb.org/downloads.php
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
The link on the downloads page leads tojfc4120 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:30 pm The only one with problems was the downloaded installer from: https://www.freecadweb.org/downloads.php
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https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/0.20.2/FreeCAD-0.20.2-WIN-x64-installer-2.exe
The direct link on the releases page https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases is
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https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/0.20.2/FreeCAD-0.20.2-WIN-x64-installer-2.exe
As I said above, there is only one file regardless of how you get there.
My guess is your version of Norton has already accepted this file.
Gene
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
Probably, it was 2 or 3 days later when I tried again.
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
Having the installer also directly at freecad.org could help here. However, this will create many GB of traffic and thus costs for FreeCAD.adrianinsaval wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:08 pm check that the hash of what you downloaded matches the hash in the release page, we should probably put those hashes on the freecad.org webpage that way one can verify in an independent webpage that github wasn't tampered with. Thoughts @uwestoehr @yorik ?
With this background, I don't see the benefit.
There will always be a virus program coming with a false-positive virus check but the FreeCAD community will check this.
Concerning a signature of the installer, this is not an easy task because we would them have to pay Microsoft for this. I had a look last year on how to sign an installer to bring FreeCAD also to the Windows store and personally, I don't like that we are forced to follow the rules one one company to be in their store, to spend money for a certification/signature process this company likes etc.
However, Microsoft store and Windows signature, is something that has to be discussed by the FreeCAD core team sooner or later.
Re: Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
A few days after the warnings, all was good, so norton must have caught up. But all good now.
Re: [Solved] Virus warnings in FreeCAD-0.20.2 WIN-x64-installer for windows
Yes definitely. There is already an issue open at https://github.com/FreeCAD/FPA/issues/5