error: "WARNIN Sign the executable to minimize antivirus false positives or use launching instead...

Oct 29, 2021 03:25:23

Hi;
Actually, I'm a beginner.
After I completed my app programming, exported it to a jar with eclipse, and then used Lunch4j to convert it to exe. it gave me an error:
"WARNING: Sign the executable to minimize antivirus false positives or use launching instead of wrapping."
How do I can fix it?

Oct 29, 2021 03:27:35

Why are you creating XXX.exe files at the beginner's stage?
It has to do with getting a certificate file from somewhere and using a program akin to PGP ot add a signature to the file, otherwise the target computer will assume you are sending it malware.

Oct 29, 2021 03:51:29

A quick search for "launch4j Sign the executable to minimize antivirus false positives or use launching instead of wrapping" finds https://github.com/lukaszlenart/launch4j-maven-plugin/issues/106, which looks highly relevant.

Oct 30, 2021 00:12:28

Is this something new in the post-win7 world I not yet encountered as I
a) not use microsofts crap but kaspersky
b) not use win10 yet (only on my stream system as elgato only makes windows drivers (next grabber will be linux compatible))
c) don't wrap my java stuff into platform depended launchers
?
I never had any security solution flagged any unsigned code as virus. Sure one gets a warning its untrusted and insecure but one can chose the option to execute it anyway. Same is true for start scripts in a BATch file.
Also: most unfortunately there're no public recognized "communities" giving out code sign certificates for free, so you always have to pay for one. And these can get rather expensive and annoyingly to order. Many CAs don't even offer private code sign certs but only to companies with expensive extended validation.

To avoid al that just use a simple BATch script. All one get is this weird "run anyway"-vista-uac style dialog.
Yes, its idea back in xp and vista was good but led to a new generation of users just ignoring it anyways.