As already said, it may work if you follow the said rules to fool the inspection.
Downloading exe files with a txt extension, downloading and replacing dlls in place, archive tamperingā¦ these are all behaviors that look a lot like malware.
My advice is to start using an installer and configure your web server to advertise the correct mime type for the exe. I understand this is a huge change from your current practice, but computers are much more strict these days. The utter creativity of malware has made it so legit developers have to cross their tās and dot their iās.
1 Like
At last I have found a workaround!
I zipped the three files into a new one (Extras.zip): the server allows my app to download it, and so I can unzip it and process its contentā¦and all is done!
Thanks to all of you for your support and for your time!
You should seriously look at making a legitimate installer. Itās only a matter of time until the antivirus catches up to your new configuration.
@Tim_Hare You are surely right, Tim. But I donāt know how to implement your advice.
When I decided to implement the auto-update feature, the only solution I found out is that I described in my post #58.
If you could explain to me, in detail, what are you thinking when you say āmaking a legitimate installerā I will be grateful to you!
Do a search for InnoSetup. If you donāt want to learn that, I suggest looking at AdvancedInstaller. Their product is easy to use and understand and when I used it 10 years ago I found it to be well supported with regular updates.
@Greg_O_Lone
Hi Greg, when I switched from VB6 to Xojo one of the reasons to do so was the fact that I no longer had to install anything, avoiding what someone called āthe DLL hellā: I would be very sorry to have to go back to those times ā¦
Secondly Iām wondering: these installers need their files, which will have to reside somewhere. How can I provide them, if not downloading them from a web space?
Third: users who use the program are not administrators, so they are not authorized to install anything!
Many years ago, when I first looked at VB.NET, I noticed that there was the possibility to indicate that the application could be self-updating, indicating the url where the new version was located: at the time of the program launch this was self-updating.
It would be great if Xojo had such a feature.
Sorry for my bad English!! 
@Thom_McGrath
You will think Iām stupid, but I donāt know how to download something from GitHub ā¦
I do not. Use the green āCodeā button near the upper right and choose āDownload as ZIP.ā
1 Like
Thank you!