Must be the "AI" in Edge adapting to our personalities... seems like it identified that barking is a suited way to get your attention, while playing nice is a suited way to survive on my system.
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Must be the "AI" in Edge adapting to our personalities... seems like it identified that barking is a suited way to get your attention, while playing nice is a suited way to survive on my system.
Excellent. Thanks!Mordasius wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 3:36 am I just download the Rainmeter 4.5.18.3742 with three browsers:
Brave Version 1.62.165 Chromium 121.0.6167.184 (64-bit)
Mozilla Firefox 123.0 (64-bit)
Pale Moon Version 33.0.0 (64 bit)
No complaints or messages from any of them. Installed it on Windows Version 10.0.19045 and got the Defender Smartscreen pop-up.
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Clicked on Run anyway and Rainmeter installed without a hitch.
I think you need to try this in Edge instead. Didn't test with Firefox, but Chrome allows the download without opposition for me too (I don't normally use Windows Defender, Smart Screen and such, but a 3rd party security system).
Just a small heads-up, you censored your username in the Text but not in the Imageeclectic-tech wrote: ↑February 21st, 2024, 6:44 pm Windows Defender is quarantining this even though it was mark to "keep" and reported "safe" to M$.
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SkinPath: C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\
Oh boy, this sounds like a nightmare if you somehow manage to get a virus that infects installers, I hope the process is safe with scans regularly or that it could be externalized to a VM (the part where the downloaded .exe is drag and dropped onto the site) where there's a tiny lil less risk.jsmorley wrote: ↑February 21st, 2024, 7:43 pm The .exe is "built" using https://www.appveyor.com/, and then automatically sent to https://about.signpath.io/ to be given the certificate. Then I download it from there for posting as a "release" on GitHub.
Quick update: like promised, I did try the above process again today, so I could click on Keep and be counted as adding to the "reputation" of this prerelease version, but just like the last times yesterday, Edge didn't felt like showing the Keep pop-up anymore, it just downloaded without any objection. In total, I only managed to give about 3 or 4 Keep clicks yesterday, and none today.Yincognito wrote: ↑February 21st, 2024, 11:03 pmMe, I'll try the process tomorrow and the following days too, and see how it goes.
Sorry but changing those settings did not help in my case.Yincognito wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 3:02 pm I think you need to try this in Edge instead. Didn't test with Firefox, but Chrome allows the download without opposition for me too (I don't normally use Windows Defender, Smart Screen and such, but a 3rd party security system).
If by any chance Edge doesn't show the pop-up either, see:
https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=43654&start=20#p221679
In my case, to make Edge react and produce the pop-up where I could click Keep to help this version's "reputation" go up, I had to:
- go to Virus & Threat Protection > Microsoft Defender Antivirus Options and temporarily enable Periodic Scanning
- come back to App & Browser Control > Reputation Based Protection Settings and enable any disabled option there
- open Edge and try to download this Rainmeter version via the browser (i.e. without a download manager, if any)
- click Keep when prompted to allow the download
- install the downloaded executable as usual
- go back to Virus & Threat Protection and App & Browser Control > Reputation Based Protection Settings to restore those settings as they were before, if desired (I did that, since I don't normally want these things to happen, given that I use other security approaches)
This will, of course, depend on how those settings look for you and if your case is similar to mine, but should allow one to get that pop-up and click Keep even if by default Edge allowed the download without the pop-up previously.
I think there's been a misunderstanding: I posted those settings for cases where the alert about downloading is not shown and you want it to be shown (well, at least initially, since lately my Edge accepts the download anyway). On the other hand, you describe a situation where, regardless of whether the alert about downloading is shown or not, the download is not allowed at all (similar to what SilverAzide described as well). This can happen either because of some other setting permitting this rejection, Microsoft overriding your own setting (through hidden / nightly updating, resetting your setting, calling home, other services or apps, cloud security, etc. - basically whatever they advertise as "best for you because we decided so"), or both.eclectic-tech wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2024, 10:03 pm @Jeff Just call me "papab", or "ET", or "xxxxx" ... I answer to most anything.![]()
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Sorry but changing those settings did not help in my case.![]()
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The file is still being "blocked" by Edge, SmartScreen, or Defender. Which means the file is not listed in downloads and is not able to be opened. This is what appears in Edge's download window even with those protections turned off when attempting to download.
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I still have the 2 virus variants "allowed" in my allowed threats, but today I cannot download a usable file.
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EDIT: If I look "Manage settings" in Virus & threat protection settings and TURN OFF "Real-time protection", I can download the file without any problem. virusrealtimeoff.jpg
Then turn it back on.
BUT then the file will not install, blocked with a message that it contains a virus...viruscontained.jpg