diff --git a/Troubleshooting.md b/Troubleshooting.md index 0a73db8..1e052f3 100644 --- a/Troubleshooting.md +++ b/Troubleshooting.md @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ We have had reports that Anti-Virus software such as: - AVG Anti-Virus - BitDefender + - MalwareBytes can sometimes report that either one of our installers (e.g. EDMarketConnector_win_5.0.0.msi) or an executable therein is malicious in @@ -226,6 +227,17 @@ See discussion in [EDMC 5.0.0. Flagged at Malware by AVG Anti Virus #1058](https for more details about the 'cause' of this, including links to py2exe issues about it. +It might be worth trying a manual download and install, if what you're +Anti-Virus is objecting to is the EDMarketConnector.exe -> WinSparkle.dll +-> Download -> Run Installer chain: + + 1. Download the `.msi` file for the [latest release](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/releases/latest) + 2. Manually run that `.msi` file to install. + +If that fails you might consider reporting the detection as a false +positive. In the unlikely case of us becoming aware that a virus *has* +somehow made its way into our files we would disable GitHub downloads. + If you're really worried about our executables, but feel you can still trust our source code then you can always investigate [Running From Source](./Running-from-source).