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rs14smith
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March 12, 2017
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I Have A Code Signing Certificate But My .EXE File Is Still Being Flagged As "Not commonly downloaded and could be dangerous.."

  • March 12, 2017
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For some reason while downloading my .EXE from my website using Internet Explorer, I receive a pop-up message that says my .exe file is not commonly downloaded and could harm your computer. I have bought and published my application with a code signing certificate. I do not seem to have this problem with Google Chrome, so does anyone know what is causing this, and how to resolve it? I have to publish my program in a .exe format in case the end user does not have Adobe Air installed on their computer.

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Correct answer kglad

if you have a self-signed certificate, that's expected.

if you've obtained a certificate from one of the recognized signing authorities, contact your signing authority.

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esteban_mueller
esteban_mueller
Participant
March 5, 2018

We have exactly the same issue: Created packaged .exe with Animate, and get badexeformat when using signtool.

Has there been any update to this? Could anyone get this done?

kglad
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kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 12, 2017

if you have a self-signed certificate, that's expected.

if you've obtained a certificate from one of the recognized signing authorities, contact your signing authority.

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rs14smithAuthor
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March 13, 2017

So I gained a code signing certificate from Comodo for an "Air" application. Do I need to gain one for a .exe file since that's what I'm publishing my application as, and not a .air file?

Thanks

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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March 13, 2017

that i don't know, but comodo is a certificate authority so you should contact them to see why your published file is not trusted.  that may just be a local setting you have for all downloaded files, but if it is, you should see the same warning no matter whose executable you download.

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