Sign the installers

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 17:26:36 Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 at 17:24, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 at 17:16, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
> >
> > <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 16:54:55 Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> > > > Hey people,
> > > >
> > > > So I had a few people in the office refuse to install DMD because
> > > > when
> > > > they launched the installer, Windows displayed the prompt that it
> > > > was
> > > > untrusted (ie, unsigned) and not offer the install button without
> > > > manual override.
> > > > True also for VisualD.
> > > >
> > > > Can we get a key and start signing the install packages?
> > > >
> > > > It would be super-cool to sign the 2.081 release since it's like,
> > > > imminent ;)
> > >
> > > I'm certainly not against getting it signed (though I have no idea
> > > what's
> > > involved with that). However, I'm surprised that anyone actually pays
> > > attention to that or cares.
> >
> > Windows hides the install button from you, you have to press the
> > underlined "More Info" text (at the bottom of the "It's so unsafe
> > bro!" blurb), and then "Run Anyway".
> > It says "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app
> > from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.", which
> > looks threatening!
>
> I guess people feel nervous about installing allegedly potentially
> dangerous software on their corporate workstation.

Honestly, that's exactly the sort of thing that I always ignore. I'd pay
attention if anti-virus software outright said that it found a virus, but
"unrecognized software?" That's exactly the sort of thing that's just going
to get me pissed off at Microsoft for getting in my way. Though honestly,
Microsoft pops up so many useless messages that it becomes easy to miss any
that actually matter, because you have to skip through so many of them all
the time that you stop paying attention to them. So, I'm definitely
surprised to hear about programmers refusing to install something just
because Microsoft doesn't recognize it.

- Jonathan M Davis