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#73 Virus warning at download

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2020-05-11
2020-04-30
itsols
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A student of mine tried to download and install BASIC-256 yesterday (29 April 2020).

Upon running the installation program, Windows Defender reported that it is a virus and blocked it.

OS: Windws 10

Discussion

  • Jim Reneau

    Jim Reneau - 2020-04-30

    It was scanned with Windows Defender, Avast and by Bitdefender before and during upload. On a new Windows 10 box it did report it as an unrecgonized app.

    Windows protected your PC
    Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.
    More info

    I clicked on "More Info" then "Run Anyway". Defender did not complain for me.

     
  • Jim Reneau

    Jim Reneau - 2020-04-30
    • status: open --> closed
    • assigned_to: Jim Reneau
     
  • qomplainerz

    qomplainerz - 2020-04-30

    Same here on Windows 8.1.
    I ran it anyways and it continued without further compliants.

     
  • Vachas Mishra

    Vachas Mishra - 2020-05-11

    if you download it from a DVD to a Windows 10 PC then it would not show that problem

     

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