[Jprogramming] Antivirus alarm when installing not signed J programming language on windows ?

2022-08-03 Thread tuxic
Hi, a friend of mine, who is currently not subscribed to this list, got interested in J and wanted it to try. But the archive was not signed and his virus alarm yelled at him. What went wrong (I am a Linux-only guy...the only windows I own are transparent... ;) ) and how can we tame the alarm ma

Re: [Jprogramming] Antivirus alarm when installing not signed J programming language on windows ?

2022-08-03 Thread Raul Miller
We need more information to help take this issue from "nearly impossible to diagnose" down to merely "difficult to accurately diagnose": (1) Which antivirus system? (And, what was the exact message it gave?) (2) Which version of Windows? (3) Which version of J? The possibilities here

Re: [Jprogramming] Antivirus alarm when installing not signed J programming language on windows ?

2022-08-03 Thread Elijah Stone
On Wed, 3 Aug 2022, tu...@posteo.de wrote: not signed I guess this is the problem. As I understand it (and I am no expert in these matters), this is some draconion, self-serving policy from microsoft: they sell certificates for some hundreds of dollars which you can use to sign your applic

Re: [Jprogramming] Antivirus alarm when installing not signed J programming language on windows ?

2022-08-03 Thread Don Guinn
YOu should be getting a box warning you and you have to ignore the default and get to the "run anyway". You only have to do this once for each executable. On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 2:28 PM Elijah Stone wrote: > On Wed, 3 Aug 2022, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > not signed > > I guess this is the prob

Re: [Jprogramming] Antivirus alarm when installing not signed J programming language on windows ?

2022-08-03 Thread tuxic
Hi all, thx a lot for the information On 08/03 02:42, Don Guinn wrote: > YOu should be getting a box warning you and you have to ignore the default > and get to the "run anyway". You only have to do this once for each > executable. ...does this mean: For jconsole once, or for each script/setup/.

Re: [Jprogramming] Antivirus alarm when installing not signed J programming language on windows ?

2022-08-03 Thread Don Guinn
No. Once you have given permission for it to run then jconsole will start without the warning no matter what script you run. The same for Jqt. Give it permission once and you're done. Same for Jhs. On Wed, Aug 3, 2022, 4:15 PM wrote: > Hi all, > > thx a lot for the information > > On 08/03 02:42

Re: [Jprogramming] Antivirus alarm when installing not signed J programming language on windows ?

2022-08-03 Thread tuxic
Hi, sounds good! :) Thx for the informations! I passed the URL to the archive of the mailing list to my friend so he is able to follow this thread. He is currently not subscribed. Cheers! Meino On 08/03 04:42, Don Guinn wrote: > No. Once you have given permission for it to run then jconsole w