What to do if you get safety warnings

If you have come here; you have probably gotten warned by SmartScreen when trying to download or run run.bat. Don't worry, it's safe. You can look through all the code if you don't trust my Easy Usage Script or YT-DLP as they're both open source.

If you've used version 1 previously, and are wondering why that one didn't give you a warning. It's because you made the batch file yourself (with my code), while the new version(s) are batch files that I have created.

You may encounter these warnings again after every update of run.bat and update.bat.

Obligatory safety warning: Please make sure that you trust programs before running them, there is a reason that these warnings exist! If you are unsure of if a program is trusted or safe to run; please search its name, and check what the general consensus is. If you're still unsure, or if you want to make sure that it's safe, you can use something like VirusTotal (I am not affiliated or sponsored by them). Note that these types of sites tend to give a few false positives. If the program is open source (like this project); you can check the source code, or ask a trusted person to do so.

Here is v2.9.1 of run.bat on VirusTotal. If you don't trust me; upload the one that you downloaded. (VirusTotal analysis of v2.9.1)

Here is v2.1 of update.bat on VirusTotal. If you don't trust me; upload the one that you downloaded. (VirusTotal analysis of v2.1)

How to skip or remove the warning(s)

There are different types of warnings that you may encounter, but here are the ones that I encountered:

“run.bat isn't commonly downloaded”

Fix - Right-click the file or press the three dots, then press Keep.

“Make sure you trust run.bat before you open it”

Fix - Press Show more, then press Keep anyway.

“Windows protected your PC”

Fix - Press More info, then press Run anyway. This fix may not be permanent (for that file), if it comes back; check the next problem/fix.

“Windows protected your PC” (previous warning)

Fix - Go to the file's properties, then make sure that Unblock (1) is checked, then press Apply (2).

McAfee - “We just stopped a threat”

Fix - Follow the instructions below:

1. Open the McAfee security software.
2. In the menu on the left, click My protection.
3. In the "Protect your computer" section, click "Real-time Scan".
4. In the Excluded Files section, click Add File.
5. Find and select the file being blocked (likely run.bat).
6. Repeat the process for update.bat and the .exe files if necessary.

A big thanks to Z.N Gaming for discovering this along with providing the image used!

If you encounter another warning

Please create an Issue with the steps needed to recreate them so that I can update this page.