Installers Cause a SmartScreen warning

[rprouse]

1. Download installers from the web
2. Attempt to install
3. A Windows SmartScreen warning pops up preventing you from installing
4. You must click the small More info link to get the following screen that allows you to install.

I think that we need to purchase a signing certificate to get around this. Maybe we just document it? I believe it will also be flagged as safe once enough people install it.

There is more information here, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12311203/how-to-pass-the-smart-screen-on-win8-when-install-a-signed-application

Other opensource projects have had this problem. Apparently there are signing authorities that will give out certs for opensource projects. See, MonoGame/MonoGame#3189

[CharliePoole]

@rprouse You have researched this so far that it makes sense for you to continue. :-)

The logic for it's being status:confirm is that you'll need to confirm whether it gets resolved by folks installing it or if we need to do something else.

[rprouse]

Interestingly, I am no longer seeing this warning, even with new builds of the install. I assume it is because the NUnit installer has been recognized as safe, or maybe because I allowed it in the past?

[CharliePoole]

Unless somebody else is still seeing it, I think we could close this.

[ChrisMaddock]

I hit this recently installing 10.0.2 onto a fresh machine - issue still stands. This was shortly after 10.0.2 was released, I believe. I'll take the liberty of removing status:confirm!

Signing would be nice for the UAC popup regardless of this issue, if it's possible. :-)

[rprouse]

I am still seeing this too. I think it appears for a short period just after release, then as people accept the install, it probably get flagged as ok.

[constructor-igor]

Windows 10 shows next:

[najamxp]

After up-gradation of NUnit.ConsoleRunner.3.9.0 to NUnit.ConsoleRunner.3.10.0 , I had to correct the path to something like ....\packages\NUnit.ConsoleRunner.3.10.0\tools\nunit3-console.exe
which fixed the issue for me

[mikkelbu]

Moving this to the nunit-console projects, as this project is the only one containing an installer.

[CharliePoole]

No action here since 2016. (The 2019 comment isn't about the msi at all.) I'm assuming it's no longer relevant and closing. We'll see any comments and re-open if necessary.