symantec treating R-devel r73003 for Windows as malware

Hallo Martin

The result is the same. The R exe file is downloaded with some note about possible danger. When I try to run it, it is inspected and deleted from its location.

Symantec message is enclosed.

Our IT said it has something to do with installer type, but it is beyond my expertise.

Petr Pikal

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Maechler [mailto:maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch]
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 10:09 AM
To: PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>
Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] symantec treating R-devel r73003 for Windows as malware

PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>
    on Wed, 2 Aug 2017 07:01:55 +0000 writes:

    > Dear all
    > I am not sure if this is appropriate for the list, but I have recently found

that Symantec blocks R devel from installation. Enclosed is copy of Symantec
message.

Thank you, Petr.   I do think it is quite appropriate for this list.

    > Our IT installed it but I wont be probably alone with this problem.

We will see...

    >> sessionInfo()

    > R Under development (unstable) (2017-07-31 r73003)
    > Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
    > Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 14393)

    [..............]

I'm appending a (less compressed but notably correctly cropped) version of the
screen shot (also with a slightly more descriptive name) because I needed
several minutes before I could correctly view your first attachment

What happens if you try "R 3.4.1-patched" for Windows?
I think they are built with the same tools... and that one is much more
important as closer to release.

Thank you (and others) for diagnosing and giving feedback on this.

Martin Maechler,
ETH Zurich

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