V G wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I am designing a system for a professor I am working for. One of the
> components involves a Windows application that I've created and packaged
> into a nice little installer (via NSIS).
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> 1. I created a website (with my own domain) that is being used to host th=
e
> download for the installer file (via direct HTTP download). The problem i=
s,
> Google Chrome and Avast antivirus warns of it potentially being "malware"
> because it's "not a commonly downloaded file". This will be quite a bit o=
f
> nuisance since the file is to be distributed internally to his team.
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> 2. The program checks for updates and self updates. Avast also creates an
> annoying warning that this could be malware. Any way to get around this?
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> Is there a way to get Chrome and Avast to treat the file normally without
> making users change their settings? Perhaps using a php redirect for the
> download? If I host the file on a file sharing site, the warning isn't
> shown.

You could check out the HTTP headers of the download to see what's
different between the file sharing site and your own. Check specifically
the content type header.

Gerhard
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