[wxPython-users] Branding a wxPython app

[Chris Mellon]

On 8/20/07, Nizam Sayeed <ibnameen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> I ran into an odd situation today with a wxPython app (built as an exe with
> py2exe for Windows) that I had developed for work. Our IT dept. rolled out
> Windows Defender (Microsoft's Anti-Spyware software) today and after it was
> rolled out, my app stopped working. Turns out that the process is classified
> as published by "Unknown Publisher" or something like that so Windows
> Defender blocked it from running. I was wondering if there is a way to brand
> the software built using wxPython (or python in general) somehow. Maybe I am
> asking the wrong group as this could be something related to py2exe itself.
> If anyone has any input, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nizam Sayeed
>

You'll need to talk with your IT people and/or review the Windows
Defender documentation. This has to do specifically with how your exe
is build and packaged.

Blocking anything that isn't signed (which sounds like how they have
it set) is an extremely draconian setting that will block the vast
majority of executables (including python itself), you may want to ask
them to revisit this policy.