On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Issy & Vern <verni...@care4free.net> wrote: >> McAfee gave me a red shield with a warning that it could not verify the >> supplier of the software. > > I wonder if this is realted to the Windows feature of digitally > signing executables aka authenticode? > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms537361%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > http://blog.didierstevens.com/2008/12/31/howto-add-a-digital-signature-to-executables/ > > Does Apache sign its releases w authenticode? never checked. > > In any case, the lack of an authenticode signature is no danger by > itself, if you check the file integrity by other means (ie SHA256SUM). > Although I admit it´d be nice to have Apache identified as a software > publisher via authenticode signature of the executables... >
Modern anti-virus programs have something called "reputation" checks. If you try to run a program, it does the normal scan for known viruses. But then it also checks to see if other users have encountered that program before as well. If many people have run it, and reported no problems, then it is given the green light. If it is a program that few people have run, then it is flagged as high risk. The problem fixes itself after a few days, as more and more people install AOO 4.1 and the anti-virus companies see AOO 4.1 as common. Code signing with Authenticode would help as well. They might trust signed programs, even if they are uncommon. Regards, -Rob > FC > -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary > act > - George Orwell > > ------------------------------------------- > List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
