Hi Petr, I can repeat this behavior (or similar) with Norton Security:
R-devel-win.exe is reported by Download Insight R-3.4.1patched-win.exe is reported by Download Insight R-3.4.1-win.exe is fine And the report is that the binary is very new (released less than 1 week ago) and has very few users (less than 5 in "Norton Community"), which is not surprising given that these files are updated frequently. There is no other report/warning. With Norton Security, one has the option to allow execution of the file and to check "Always allow this file (if Run is chosen)". Best Tomas On 08/02/2017 11:46 AM, PIKAL Petr wrote: > Hallo Martin > > The result is the same. The R exe file is downloaded with some note about > possible danger. When I try to run it, it is inspected and deleted from its > location. > > Symantec message is enclosed. > > Our IT said it has something to do with installer type, but it is beyond my > expertise. > > Petr Pikal > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Martin Maechler [mailto:maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 10:09 AM >> To: PIKAL Petr <petr.pi...@precheza.cz> >> Cc: r-devel@r-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Rd] symantec treating R-devel r73003 for Windows as malware >> >>>>>>> PIKAL Petr <petr.pi...@precheza.cz> >>>>>>> on Wed, 2 Aug 2017 07:01:55 +0000 writes: >> > Dear all >> > I am not sure if this is appropriate for the list, but I have >> recently found >> that Symantec blocks R devel from installation. Enclosed is copy of Symantec >> message. >> >> Thank you, Petr. I do think it is quite appropriate for this list. >> >> > Our IT installed it but I wont be probably alone with this problem. >> >> We will see... >> >> >> sessionInfo() >> > R Under development (unstable) (2017-07-31 r73003) >> > Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) >> > Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 14393) >> >> [..............] >> >> I'm appending a (less compressed but notably correctly cropped) version of >> the >> screen shot (also with a slightly more descriptive name) because I needed >> several minutes before I could correctly view your first attachment >> >> What happens if you try "R 3.4.1-patched" for Windows? >> I think they are built with the same tools... and that one is much more >> important as closer to release. >> >> Thank you (and others) for diagnosing and giving feedback on this. >> >> Martin Maechler, >> ETH Zurich >> > > ________________________________ > Tento e-mail a jakékoliv k němu připojené dokumenty jsou důvěrné a jsou > určeny pouze jeho adresátům. > Jestliže jste obdržel(a) tento e-mail omylem, informujte laskavě neprodleně > jeho odesílatele. 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