[GNC] Downloading issues concerning 5.14

[R Losey]

To quote John Ralls:

> Norton says it contains a trojan, quarantines the win version.


https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799709 reports the same issue from
> Avast. It just means that it’s not signed (because it’s hard and expensive
> for individuals to get Windows code signing certificates) or that Norton
> doesn’t trust the signing certificate holder (so even if we did code-sign
> it it wouldn’t do any good). The long-term solution is for users like you
> to report it as a false positive, instructions at
> https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/kb20100222230832EN
> .



Regards,
> John Ralls


On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM Larry Barker via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Running extended support W10, 64b, I have tried to download the update
> for gnc from both sourceforge.net and github.com. Both downloads
> immediately activate Windows Defender (which says I do not have
> authority) and my Norton 360. Norton quarantines the download claiming
> that it is infected with FileRepMalware [Trj] and will not allow me to
> install or even access it. What is the problem?
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