[SADXA] JTAlert question

[Wes]

I've heard from another member who is overriding Windows Defender and running 
JTAlert without issue.

That said even the developer recommends against this.  Partially I'm sure to 
avoid responsibility.  Even my old Win 7 laptop now deletes the installation 
file automatically, unless I turn off real time protection.  I have a pro 
version of Malwarebytes on that machine and it thinks the file is fine.  An 
older installed version of JTAlert runs fine.

After all is said and done, it would probably be fine to exempt the program, 
except for a couple of things.  1) It's too much grief just to run FT8 and 2) 
Annette is working from home and using our LAN to do work for her firm.  The 
last thing I need is to have some ransomware deny us service.

So, I'll see if I can punt the issue to Microsoft.  It's been done before but it 
seems that after every "upgrade" the issue returns.

Wes


On 7/26/2020 4:13 PM, Wes wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Thanks.  I briefly used JTAlert on my Win 7 pro laptop that I've just retired 
> as the shack computer. I've rearranged the desk in my cramped closet/shack and 
> acquired a SFF Win10 Pro machine (used) and now have two monitors.  So I 
> thought to at least have the capability to run FT8, although as you know it's 
> not my favorite. I do have N3FJP's suite of programs, although they aren't my 
> favorite either; I'm still partial to the antique DXBase.
>
> I have several things running that all need the serial port so I use LPBridge 
> to share the port.  FT8 is really bossy about needing to be top dog on the 
> port, but I think I've finally got it tamed by using Omnirig.  Messy but it 
> can be made to work.  We'll see how the introduction of JTAlert affects things.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
>
> On 7/26/2020 3:58 PM, mike at 1911parts.com wrote:
>> Wes,  I"m running JTAlert on Windows 10. I'm running Kaspersky for my system 
>> security and I don't run Window's Defender.  I do get a msg that ask me if I 
>> want this software to make changes to my system,and I just say yes.  I've 
>> been running JTAlert since version 1.something and never had a problem with 
>> it.  Once you get it to scan your log (I use AC Log from N3FJP) and build the 
>> data bases, it really makes it easy to track new ones on each band.  The 
>> alerting part of JTAlert works great.  I also use the LoTW and EQSL tagging 
>> option, so you know which stations use online confirmations.
>>
>> Regards and 73's,
>>
>> Mike Chasse
>> w7wrj
>>
>>
>>     -------- Original Message --------
>>     Subject: [SADXA] JTAlert question
>>     From: Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org <mailto:wes_n7ws at triconet.org>>
>>     Date: Sun, July 26, 2020 3:44 pm
>>     To: SADXA <sadxa at mailman.qth.net <mailto:sadxa at mailman.qth.net>>
>>
>>     Can you FT8 experts tell me whether you are having heartburn 
>> installing/using
>>     JTAlert on Win 10?  Win10 reports it as malware. So guys are saying override
>>     Windows Defender and install it, but I'm not so sure.
>>
>>
>>     Wes  N7WS
>>
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