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by wslh 3727 days ago
> The amount of crapware I've had to remove from family member's PCs...

I think it is time antivirus, Google Chrome, et al recognize those installers as crapware and give a warning before installation (yes, including Java SDK and Skype trying to install toolbars). Currently Google Chrome is giving a malware warning just because you have an .exe in your web page that for them seems malware, and if you work in

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> Currently Google Chrome is giving a malware warning just because you have an .exe

So how should one make available for download windows executables?

Is this detection working for msi or zip files?
Yes.