I am trying to download 6.3 onto my Windows 10 system. I get a response that the download has been blocked as the program can harm my computer
See here:
Apparently MS Edge can give warnings on downloading but then you can also get warnings when trying to install based on your UAC / MS Defender âsmartscreenâ settings.
The bottom line (and from personal experience) is that you can trust the files directly acquired from this website (check the MD5 if you are super concerned).
These kind of warnings often seem to be triggered on a heuristic, that the file has not been installed by many users yet. This is odd logic, being as its unlikely to be installed by many users if they get a warning triggered by the fact that it hasnât been installed by many users. (In addition, the very definition of âsuccessfulâ malware, would be that it did get installed by many usersâŚ) It seems hugely unfair on independent developers, and / or developers of niche applications that these âwarningsâ are often presented to the user as fact, seemingly without any tangible proof that an application actually is harmful.
It does download, but the execute file will not run
In that case, for default Win10 + its defender antivirus, just click on âmore infoâ and ârun anywayâ (this differs depending on the version of Windows 10 you are on and also perhaps on your UAC settings:
If it is being blocked due to a third-party antivirus, you might have to manually allow that fileâŚ
I just got the same message./ I just went to Windows Defender, turned off defender, installed using Right Click "Run as Administrator
So, while thereâs no reason to suspect the integrity of the downloads from ardour.org, Windows stopped you from installing something as a normal user - based as far as is possible to tell, only on a heuristic - and as a result youâve now granted administrator permissions to whatever it was Windows didnât want you to run - I guess thatâs the law of unintended consequencesâŚ
That is actually an often misunderstood law of IT.
You have to change your password every 3 months? Well then I need to make it ultra memorable.
I need to run this software and IT wonât help me get it installed on my laptop so locked down that I canât do anything? I guess I will find a way around that that makes my laptop less secure.
It is amazing how often those in IT (Myself included when I am doing this for some of my clients) can forget that the point of IT is to help the user, not to make the IT lives easier. This is in part due to how often there isnât enough budget to pay the people that should be doing it, but that is another topic (But important point none the less, how often are IT things done because they need to squeeze more productivity into less time because there is no help)
SeabladeâRun as administratorâ is NOT necessary. Like bachstudies said, just click on âMore Infoâ then âRun Anywaysâ when the message blocking it pops up. When I installed 6.3, there was also an attempted block of the download, and I had to select âKeep Anywaysâ. I reported the file as safe to Microsoft. Perhaps if every user takes a couple seconds to do this, it will start to recognize the file. When you report it, there is an option if you are the author of the file, but I know Paul doesnât use Windows, so that probably wonât get sorted any time soon.
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Well on linux the install script requires root privileges to run in my memories
Right, because it is installed in /opt so that it is not confined to a single user account but can also be executed: https://superuser.com/questions/1001294/why-opt-folder-is-detained-by-root-by-default
Yes, the Linux installation process is entirely different.
My comment was about the installation process on Windows only.
delete Windows 10, if I may make a suggestion.
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I vote ânoâ so that it is always blindingly obvious how great Linux is in comparison when dual-booting 
sorry, I donât like having Micro***tâs new HAL on my PC.
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