Antivirus is blocking the download and install of gitsql

[ericjuden]

Hi, this issue is similar to this one: #13

We use Cylance and it's blocking me from downloading and installing the app.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/72dc881f9fb92a2ed0096f5eea61a3bb98782bb0f8f96c5551fb35f02a14a4f2/analysis/

Thanks,

Eric

[mariascott]

Hi @ericjuden ,

Thank you for getting in touch.
We have raised a false positive report with Cylance.

I will give you an update in due course.

[ericjuden]

Thanks @mariascott. I'll keep an eye on this issue.

[mariascott]

@ericjuden - we had no feedback from Cylance regarding the false positive.

May I ask if you had any more issues since reporting this?

[ericjuden]

@mariascott, thanks for checking in. I just downloaded the setup file and attempted again. The installation process goes just fine. But the gitSQL.exe file is deleted before I can open the app. Attached is an image of what occurred immediately after the setup process.

[mariascott]

Thank you @ericjuden

I have submitted a new false positive report to them.

I guess it's a good sign that the installer completes. I have asked them to see if they can white list the executable.

[peteriburrows]

I am getting similar results from Windows Defender:

[mariascott]

Thank you @peteriburrows

We have called in a security consultant to help and he has suggested we go down the code signing route to have our applications signed by a recognized authority.

Please bear with us whilst we re-package our applications.

All being well - we expect to be releasing signed versions for download by the end of July.

[mariascott]

@peteriburrows @ericjuden - We have successfully signed SQL Server Edition today and released it or download.

We submitted the file to virus total and the results look quite promising so far.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e34cccc347011855f9c63fcb9d0c6a69d936eeea62250a58d32bb754a40c27d0/detection

Would you give the latest installer a go and let us know what the experience is like?

[ericjuden]

@mariascott: I just downloaded version 1.4.5 (SQL Server edition) from your website and attempted to install. It was again quarantined.

[mariascott]

We've improved the code signing on our latest version - 1.4.7 which has been analyzed over at https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f04cbf3e7eb06da781465c20743937302fbb8e8e0fac9852e90310751843609f/detection

We're hoping these incremental improvements reduce to eliminate these false positives.