[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: setup (2.917)

Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] barry.buchbinder@nih.gov
Tue Jan 25 22:33:52 GMT 2022


On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 6:12 PM Bill Stewart wrote:
>
>On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:49 PM Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
>Windows protected your PC
>> Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting.
>> Running this app might put your PC at risk.
>>
>
>Not to state the obvious, but this means that the Microsoft antivirus program prevented it from running.
>
>Exclude it.

I have no control over the antivirus, so cannot exclude it.

The point was that this wasn't a problem with 2.915, so most likely is the result of some change made in 2.917.

However, this morning, after a reboot, it seems to work OK.

Sorry for any bother.

Thanks,

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.



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