> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 7:04 AM Fred Bone <fred.b...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> On 04 August 2020 at 20:43, David Jaggar said: > > > Hello to Whom this concerns: > > > > I'm not quite sure if I am sending this request to the correct place. > > Anyway, I am wanting help with updating to the latest version 4.1 or even > > 4.0 since the problem shows up there also. When I down load the software > > on my computer using the very latest Windows 10 with upgrades, I get this > > error message: "Blocked because program could have harmed your device" or > > something to that effect. So I'm completely unable to upgrade Gnucash, > > seemingly because it is a problem with the software itself. > > > > Would you be willing to please advise, > > I believe the best solution is to upgrade to Linux (or buy a Mac). > This is really unhelpful. Can we not do this to people seeking assistance in good faith? David, in order to not trigger those warnings, the GnuCash project would presumably need to sign their binaries (I'm not familiar with Win10 signing, but I assume it's at least possible). A lot of open source projects don't do this. What GnuCash does do is release the SHA-256 hashes of the executable in the release notes (see, for example, this page: https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml) If you're worried, you could calculate the hashes yourself using a downloadable problem on Windows or (what I'd do) use a service like onlinemd5.com (see here for instructions provided by a different project: https://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html). If the checksums match, then you have assurance that the file you got is the same as the one that the GnuCash project says they're providing, and then the only remaining question is "Do you trust them?" (Clearly, I do.) Hope that helps. -Peter _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.