I faced issues with running installer in windows 11. It was blocked many times and later I downloaded zip and extracted. When I tried to run the application again, microsoft defender kept blocking me. When I chose to run anyway, mcafee realtime scanning quarantined it completely not able to start at all.
Is this all expected ??
I don’t think I’ve had any issues with Windows Defender. Where exactly did you download it from?
If you are indeed running an official build and an anti-malware application is incorrectly classifying ActivityWatch as malware, you need to submit feedback to that anti-malware application and/or learn how to permit incorrectly classified applications to run.
I’m not sure if this is helpful, but here’s to hoping!
When I ran into a similar issue recently, my IT team sent me this:
Before extracting the ZIP file or attempting the installation:
- Right-click the file and select Properties.
- Under the General tab, look for an Unblock checkbox near the bottom.
- If it’s there, check Unblock and click Apply.
- Then extract the ZIP file and try installing the program again.
As a security precaution, Windows sometimes flags files downloaded from the internet as “potentially unsafe” it seems.
Idk if this will help with McAfee, bc that’s not what we use here, but I figured it was worth sharing just in case!