Skip to content
New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Jump to bottom

Python 32 bit install fails on Windows - BitDefender false positives #75127

Open
ArievanWingerden mannequin opened this issue Jul 17, 2017 · 5 comments
Open

Python 32 bit install fails on Windows - BitDefender false positives #75127

ArievanWingerden mannequin opened this issue Jul 17, 2017 · 5 comments
Labels
OS-windows type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error

Comments

@ArievanWingerden
Copy link
Mannequin

ArievanWingerden mannequin commented Jul 17, 2017

BPO 30944
Nosy @pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @mlouielu

Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.

Show more details

GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-07-17.09:56:36.983>
labels = ['type-bug', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Python 32 bit install fails on Windows - BitDefender false positives'
updated_at = <Date 2017-07-17.13:25:55.935>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ArievanWingerden'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2017-07-17.13:25:55.935>
actor = 'Arie van Wingerden'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Windows']
creation = <Date 2017-07-17.09:56:36.983>
creator = 'Arie van Wingerden'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 30944
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['298472', '298473', '298477', '298496', '298511']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'tim.golden', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower', 'louielu', 'Arie van Wingerden']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30944'
versions = ['Python 3.6']
@ArievanWingerden
Copy link
Mannequin Author

ArievanWingerden mannequin commented Jul 17, 2017

I discovered that BitDefender somehow blocks part of the installation of Python 3.x on Windows, resulting in a completely broken installation. I found this after having turned my system inside out ... @!#$%^&^%$#@

So solving it is either:
deinstall BitDefender
exclude files from being marked as a virus

Maybe this can be mentioned on the install page?

@ArievanWingerden ArievanWingerden mannequin added OS-windows type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels Jul 17, 2017
@mlouielu
Copy link
Mannequin

mlouielu mannequin commented Jul 17, 2017

I think BitDefender has some option like "disable 10 mins"? You may disable your antivirus when you are install something you be sure that is trustworthy.

Or maybe BitDefender is right, you download a wrong .msi from other place that has been insert something bad, check about md5 about the installer

@ArievanWingerden
Copy link
Mannequin Author

ArievanWingerden mannequin commented Jul 17, 2017

Hi Louie,

  1. no, I definitely used the right installer

  2. BitDefender also interferes often when I compile Go programs

So, in the end it is a real pain in the neck and I deinstalled it.
Maybe other people can live with it, but it has cost me a lot of time in
this case and also when developing / compiling other PL's.

Still it would be nice if a warning could be placed on the download page
(maybe in general to disable AV when installing).

Thx!
/Arie

2017-07-17 11:59 GMT+02:00 Louie Lu <report@bugs.python.org>:

Louie Lu added the comment:

I think BitDefender has some option like "disable 10 mins"? You may
disable your antivirus when you are install something you be sure that is
trustworthy.

Or maybe BitDefender is right, you download a wrong .msi from other place
that has been insert something bad, check about md5 about the installer

----------
nosy: +louielu

Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue30944\>

@zooba
Copy link
Member

zooba commented Jul 17, 2017

The best response is to notify Bitdefender so they can fix their signatures.

Python is commonly used in malware, and so some parts of it are often misidentified as unique to some detected virus. By reporting the name of the virus and providing the actual file to Bitdefender, they can fix their signatures and provide an update.

Most AV companies provide a specific email address for false positives. Feel free to email them, or provide enough information here (including their email address) and someone else can forward it.

@ArievanWingerden
Copy link
Mannequin Author

ArievanWingerden mannequin commented Jul 17, 2017

OK. Will contact BitDefender.

2017-07-17 14:55 GMT+02:00 Steve Dower <report@bugs.python.org>:

Steve Dower added the comment:

The best response is to notify Bitdefender so they can fix their
signatures.

Python is commonly used in malware, and so some parts of it are often
misidentified as unique to some detected virus. By reporting the name of
the virus and providing the actual file to Bitdefender, they can fix their
signatures and provide an update.

Most AV companies provide a specific email address for false positives.
Feel free to email them, or provide enough information here (including
their email address) and someone else can forward it.

----------

Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue30944\>

@ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment
Assignees
No one assigned
Labels
OS-windows type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error
Projects
None yet
Milestone
No milestone
Development

No branches or pull requests
1 participant
@zooba