Installer Warning

Why the blue Windows protected your PC box appears, how to get past it, and how to check the file yourself.

Install

The blue Windows protected your PC box is not a virus alert. Windows has not scanned the file and found anything. It shows that box for any installer that does not carry a paid code-signing certificate, whatever is inside it. Sour Client does not have one yet, so Windows lists the publisher as Unknown.

Getting past it

  1. Click More info.
  2. Click Run anyway. That button only appears after More info.

Checking the file yourself

  • Only download from sourclient.com. If you got the file anywhere else, delete it and download it again.
  • Scan it on VirusTotal, which runs it past dozens of antivirus engines.
  • Compare its checksum: run Get-FileHash SourClient-Setup.exe in PowerShell in your Downloads folder and compare it with the one in the FAQ. If it does not match, do not run it.