None, I have to admit. We just ran PyInstaller! We have hardly done any GUI development in the last 20 years, I thought certificates were for web servers. Learning about this now, thanks for the tip....
On Thursday, 11 June 2020 12:18:09 UTC+1, John Harrison wrote: > > I had a problem like this but it was solved by using a digicert ev code > signing cert. What cert are you using? > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 3:31 AM Andy Robinson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> For a few years we've had a small Windows application created with >> PyInstaller. It connects the PhotoFinish in a Track & Field stadium with a >> cloud service. It's very simple, with Tkinter, requests to talk to the >> web, and reads and writes local test files; nothing else. It gets >> downloaded by quite tech-unsophisticated users (typically above retirement >> age) on the morning of a race; they just drop it on the desktop and run it, >> no installation program. >> >> Last month Windows 10 started to tell people this was a virus. >> Unfortunately our users are very often first-time users, and the steps to >> make Windows shut up and install it are quite complex and scary. >> VirusTotal.com reports that it's 100% clean. >> >> The app is here (feel free to try it, just drop on the desktop, run and >> you will see a window): >> https://data.opentrack.run/static/downloads/OTRUpload.exe >> >> >> I reported a possible false positive to Microsoft and they said this: >> "Analyst comments: The submitted files do not meet our criteria for >> detection. No detection will be added for these files." I think that >> means "we don't care enough about you" :-( >> >> This is about the third time I have had a false positive from a single >> EXE made with PyInstaller in the last decade. Can anyone suggest ways to >> mitigate this? Does anyone know of settings or things-included which are >> likely to cause this, or to mitigate against it? >> Any ideas if it's the EXE itself, or the fact that it does not come >> "wrapped" in an MSI or InnoSetup-type installer? >> >> Many thanks for all help >> >> Andy Robinson >> ReportLab >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PyInstaller" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/24ac636d-4912-4822-9e4f-4cb119a44cbao%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/24ac636d-4912-4822-9e4f-4cb119a44cbao%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/5e0b2b3d-cd11-4899-b8d1-655eb35939aco%40googlegroups.com.
