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reply David Colson <david peripherallabs.com> writes:
Hi,

I'm trying to download DMD 2.071.1 on Chrome Version 
52.0.2743.116 m (the most recent version as of today) and I can't 
get the download past the virus checker.

Assuming it's a false positive (which it may not be, hence why 
I'm here asking) why is it getting caught and what can I do about 
it? I can't find anything in the chrome settings for disabling 
virus checking on downloads.

I even tried to download it in Microsoft Edge (on Win10) and it 
still got caught.

How do I proceed?
Aug 09 2016
next sibling parent reply Seb <seb wilzba.ch> writes:
On Tuesday, 9 August 2016 at 17:58:32 UTC, David Colson wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to download DMD 2.071.1 on Chrome Version 
 52.0.2743.116 m (the most recent version as of today) and I 
 can't get the download past the virus checker.

 Assuming it's a false positive (which it may not be, hence why 
 I'm here asking) why is it getting caught and what can I do 
 about it? I can't find anything in the chrome settings for 
 disabling virus checking on downloads.

 I even tried to download it in Microsoft Edge (on Win10) and it 
 still got caught.

 How do I proceed?
It's very very likely a false positive. You can trust Martin (all downloads are signed by him). That's weird - VirusTotal says its "clean".. https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/83c6e277f735b9a8283c9dfd640d9eec4c369256866aa8c8d8d316682e30ac6e/analysis/1470768297/
Aug 09 2016
parent David Colson <david peripherallabs.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 9 August 2016 at 18:47:20 UTC, Seb wrote:
 On Tuesday, 9 August 2016 at 17:58:32 UTC, David Colson wrote:
 [...]
It's very very likely a false positive. You can trust Martin (all downloads are signed by him). That's weird - VirusTotal says its "clean".. https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/83c6e277f735b9a8283c9dfd640d9eec4c369256866aa8c8d8d316682e30ac6e/analysis/1470768297/
This one isn't quite as clean: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7f7fc5c7707425bcde05cf2e6b5e1f35358061d9adb870bd4e943bf9973f9bbe/analysis/1470768309/
Aug 09 2016
prev sibling parent reply Brad Anderson <eco gnuk.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 9 August 2016 at 17:58:32 UTC, David Colson wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to download DMD 2.071.1 on Chrome Version 
 52.0.2743.116 m (the most recent version as of today) and I 
 can't get the download past the virus checker.

 Assuming it's a false positive (which it may not be, hence why 
 I'm here asking) why is it getting caught and what can I do 
 about it? I can't find anything in the chrome settings for 
 disabling virus checking on downloads.

 I even tried to download it in Microsoft Edge (on Win10) and it 
 still got caught.

 How do I proceed?
Chrome just uses whatever virus scanner you have (usually Windows Defender unless you've installed a third party). If you open Windows Defender you can go to History and restore the file from quarantine. Do so at your own risk, of course. Maybe it does have a virus. We do get a lot of false positives with the installer but lately I've been worried about the extra NSIS DLLs we use. They are just pulled from the NSIS wiki...not a very trustworthy source for binaries. We should really switch to an MSI at some point. I have no experience with those unfortunately.
Aug 09 2016
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 8/9/2016 1:15 PM, Brad Anderson wrote:
 We do get a lot of false positives with the installer but lately I've been
 worried about the extra NSIS DLLs we use. They are just pulled from the NSIS
 wiki...not a very trustworthy source for binaries. We should really switch to
an
 MSI at some point. I have no experience with those unfortunately.
This is a chronic recurring problem, it happens with the Norton tools, too. I suspect the trouble is rooted in using a compiler/linker that the scanning tools don't recognize the footprint of, so their default behavior is "virus".
Aug 09 2016