Can I trust it?

[Crispydogs101]

Describe the bug

I have been aware about internet safety for a long while. Recently I was forced switched to a windows 11 due to the old computer breaking apart (rip)

But enough chitchat because my new computer is thinking that this file is deemed "unsafe" maybe it could just be true, and windows defender is protecting me or this file is actually safe and this anti virus is just acting up. I know this can actually have proof of being trusted and it's not just a random download site.

Area of issue

Installation/Other

To reproduce

Latest -> Click openshellsetup_4_4_195.exe

Expected behavior

To actually install and work

Open-Shell version

4.4.195

Windows version

Windows 11 24H2

Additional context

No response

[EJSnow]

No, this is just your computer being overly cautious. The installer you downloaded should be perfectly safe, assuming you downloaded it here on GitHub. This often happens with new releases of programs, especially more obscure programs, because the antivirus/Smartscreen doesn't know much about the new release yet, so it can't be sure that it's safe. In this case, though, it's safe.

[trillwin]

it modifies system files, so you should report this repository

[ge0rdi]

it modifies system files

No, it does not as it was explained to you in https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/discussions/2173#discussioncomment-12591567.
Please, stop spreading accusations without any proof.

Can I trust it?

Defender/SmartScreen tends to block new (unsigned) executables by default. You may have encountered that with many other open-source software maintained by volunteers (means people that are spending their time on given project but don't want to spend their money on code signing certificates as those are rather costly).

Whether you can/will trust this site/software is completely up to you.
It is rather weird to ask on developer's site whether you can trust it or not. What do you think we say to you? That you shouldn't use our software?

What we can say is that we are not aware of anything malicious in Open-Shell and nobody provided any proof otherwise so far (code is open so anybody can point to exact part that he thinks does malicious activity).

So as long as you download installer from this site (github) you are safe.