Security Warnings

If you receive unsettling security warnings from your web browser or OS, this page might help you. We give you some background on these warnings, explain why they appear, and show you how to install Cinecred nevertheless.

Windows

Microsoft includes its security measure SmartScreen in both Windows itself and its default browser Edge. By default, it raises warnings when launching applications downloaded from the Internet. The developer can prevent these warnings by either buying expensive and regularly expiring OV certificates (Organization Validation) or even more expensive EV ones (Extended Validation) and signing his application with those (Code Signing). To make things worse, the warnings still do not disappear immediately when using OV certificates, but instead, both the application and the certificate need to build "reputation" over time, which could take years. For more information, please refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article or other web sources.

As Cinecred is a free and open source effort, we cannot afford to buy such certificates. Hence, sadly you have to go through several security warnings when installing Cinecred.

After Downloading via Microsoft Edge

If you are using the Microsoft Edge web browser to download the Cinecred installer, you may receive the following security warning:

To nevertheless complete the download, click the three dots and choose "Keep":

Next, click "Show more":

Finally, choose "Keep anyway" to make Edge unblock the installer:

When Launching the Installer

After having double-clicked the installer file, you may receive the following security warning. First, click "More info":

Then, click "Run anyway" to commence the installation:

macOS

Apple's security measure Gatekeeper prohibits launching applications downloaded from the Internet. The developer can prevent these warnings by signing his application with a certificate provided by Apple (Code Signing) and sending in the application so that Apple can check it (notarization). However, this requires a Developer ID account, which costs $99 annually. Because the certificates expire after some time, the signatures of installer packages need to be renewed regularly, hence we would need to pay this fee indefinitely. For more information, please refer to the corresponding article by Apple or other web sources.

As Cinecred is a free and open source effort, we cannot afford to subscribe to Developer ID. Hence, sadly you receive the following security warning when installing Cinecred:

To install Cinecred despite this warning, right-click the installer package in Finder and choose "Open":

In the dialog which follows, you may click "Open" to commence the installation: