I recently tried to download the latest X2Go client. Multiple browsers give an error on the download about the application being malware/virus. Further, I was greeted with Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen stating: "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk." This is my first time downloading this version, so I don't know if this is an issue with SmartScreen or with the binary. I did not have this issue a couple of months ago when I downloaded 4.1.2.0.Thanks,Josh
Am 02.03.20 um 16:30 schrieb Josh G:
I recently tried to download the latest X2Go client. Multiple browsers give an error on the download about the application being malware/virus. Further, I was greeted with Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen stating: "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk." This is my first time downloading this version, so I don't know if this is an issue with SmartScreen or with the binary. I did not have this issue a couple of months ago when I downloaded 4.1.2.0.Thanks,Josh
Please see the previous, recent threads on this list regarding the issue.
TL;DR: Certain Antivirus tools are stupid and automatically flag everything that isn't digitally signed and has a low number of downloads the URL, download all the files you can find there, not just the .EXE,
- which is obviously the case for a new release. To verify X2GoClient for Windows hasn't been tampered with, strip the executable name from
then compare checksums and GPG signature.
-Stefan
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