OR Installer reported unsafe

[rojol]

After some time away from Train simming, I thought I would have a look see what, if anything, had changed. Knowing that OR would have seen more in the way of changes as far as the sim itself is concerned I was eager to get the lastest incarnation installed.

To my horror after several attempts of downloading the installer I get a message saying it is unsafe. Anyone got any ideas please.

Thanks

[slipperman]

Hi rojol,
Welcome to the Forum, and welcome back Unless you're using somebody else's name, I take it you're Bob, who created several activities for the (UK) LTSR route in 2012/2013.

If you downloaded from the official site, it is safe, and it's probably your anti-virus or browser being ultra-cautious!

Cheers,
Ged

[dedwa15237]

Most antivirus programs always report programs as "false positives" you can disable that when downloading. so this OR programs are indeed safe...

[mikeebb]

Most antivirus programs always report programs as "false positives" you can disable that when downloading. so this OR programs are indeed safe...

Well ... yes and no. While I'm pretty sure OR is safe, I'm willing to let Avast (my AV) check it out. Their "Cyber Capture" won't even allow the OR update to fully download, and their FAQ on it says that it may take several hours to analyze. The backup plan is to download the current package from Jim Ross' web site and do a manual update (replacement). Unfortunately, I can't find the latest manual at his web site so I'll have to deal with the main OR site which for some reason triggers a lot of AV positives.

EDIT: well, after about 10 minutes I tried the update again and this time Avast gave the OR updater a clean bill of health. It ran to completion. So I'd take that as saying that OR is clean; go ahead and whitelist it.

[bwbrgb]

In the Avast settings you can change the Cyber Capture mode and when it says that it has to process the file before you can use it there is also the option for you to say that it's OK as is . The instructions are there in the Avast interface . When you click on Cyber Capture in settings you have the option to set it so that you can bypass the process when there is a file that you know is safe .