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Can not download affinity it keeps telling me that it is harmful to my computer


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Your antivirus give you a false positive message. You can ignore them. If you do not trust use https://virustotal.com to validate.

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1 hour ago, Richard Curry said:

Explained my problem in the topic subject bar

Please provide a screenshot with the exact message.

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@Richard Curry

Which Antivirus and Firewall software do you run?

As @Komatös wrote above, whichever they are they are giving you a totally false positive.  Depending on which they are you may need to whitelist Photo.exe AND inform the manufacturers of the software about the false positive.

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7 minutes ago, Richard Curry said:

affinity-photo-1-10-0 exe was block because it may harm your device 

What provided this messge? Was it the Operating System? If so, was it Windows or Mac?

Or was it your anti-virus software? If so what software?

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16 minutes ago, Richard Curry said:

HI Sorry I could not take a screen shot but have wrote it down if this any help 

affinity-photo-1-10-0 exe was block because it may harm your device 

Are you using Microsoft Edge? If so, you may wish to read this. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-download-blocked-files-smartscreen-filter-microsoft-edge

Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF

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If it is not antivirus software, it may be a message from the web browser.
I also get a message with almost every executable file that the file may be harmful. But since I trust my AV software more, I ignore the message from the web browser.

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Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest)
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On 8/9/2021 at 4:26 PM, emmrecs01 said:

@Richard Curry

Which Antivirus and Firewall software do you run?

As @Komatös wrote above, whichever they are they are giving you a totally false positive.  Depending on which they are you may need to whitelist Photo.exe AND inform the manufacturers of the software about the false positive.

McAFEE

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Where are you trying to download the Affinity installation file from?

On 8/9/2021 at 4:16 PM, Richard Curry said:

affinity-photo-1-10-0 exe was block because it may harm your device

Are you sure about the file name - it should be affinity-photo-1.10.0.exe

Are you being prevented from downloading the file, or running it once it's downloaded?  If it won't download that might mean that McAfee doesn't like the file name.

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