Can't open release file?

[findersjeepers]

I tried both the latest release and 1.3.7, but neither of them will actually open once downloaded? I checked the permissions and it's not that, every user/user group has full access.

[DavidKinder]

This looks to be related to repeated problems with having virus checkers claim that the builds of Windows Git are infected. This has been going on for a while, see, for example:

#11
#19
#20

Usually the reported virus is something like "generic Android malware", which makes no sense for a Windows application. In the past I've made false positive reports to Windows Defender which has generally fixed the problem for a while, but then it comes back. Very frustrating.

It does seem to be back, and it's Windows Defender blocking the zip file from being opened. If you open the zip file with a dedicated tool, like 7-Zip, all the files are there and extract okay, but Windows Defender still blocks git.exe from being run. Personally I have Windows Defender configured to exclude scanning the directory Windows Git is in, so I don't get bothered by this.

[findersjeepers]

I see. I downloaded 7zip, but actually got a more directly virus-related message when I tried with that:

[DavidKinder]

I'm pretty sure that that error is coming from Windows itself, via Windows Defender, rather than from 7-Zip. I suspect the only way you will get this to work is to set up an exclusion in Windows Defender to exclude some directory, and unpack the zip file there.

If you're actually using some other virus checker, you'll have to see what exclusion options it has.

[LightVR0]

This looks to be related to repeated problems with having virus checkers claim that the builds of Windows Git are infected. This has been going on for a while, see, for example:

#11 #19 #20

Usually the reported virus is something like "generic Android malware", which makes no sense for a Windows application. In the past I've made false positive reports to Windows Defender which has generally fixed the problem for a while, but then it comes back. Very frustrating.

It does seem to be back, and it's Windows Defender blocking the zip file from being opened. If you open the zip file with a dedicated tool, like 7-Zip, all the files are there and extract okay, but Windows Defender still blocks git.exe from being run. Personally I have Windows Defender configured to exclude scanning the directory Windows Git is in, so I don't get bothered by this.

In my case, I cannot download due to Avast (reported as "Win32:Malware-Gen")