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Re: [ANN] New Pharo VM released (v8.6.1)

Posted by demarey on Nov 04, 2020; 7:46am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Re-ANN-New-Pharo-VM-released-v8-6-1-tp5124355p5124359.html

Hi Tom,

Pharo Launcher downloads VMs as a zip archive (HTTP GET) and then extract it to the desired path.

Probably Kaspersky puts a flag on files downloaded from the web until you explicitly give your approbation that it is not a malicious software.

Maybe you can configure Kaspersky to whitelist Pharo Launcher downloads?

Check https://support.kaspersky.com/KAV/2020/en-us/68499.htm , sections On all websites except those specified / Manage exclusions

Regards,

Christophe.

Le 3 nov. 2020 à 22:45, Tom Wern <[hidden email]> a écrit :

Kapersky did not like updating Pharo Launcher ... specifically vms\90-x64\PharoConsole.exe which it quarantined and promptly deleted (Object name: VHO:Exploit.Win32.Agent.gen)

Any idea what's going on?

Tom Wern

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 10:49 AM [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hi,
this is an announcement of a new release of the Pharo VM. This
new version is available to be downloaded through get-pharo scripts
and through the Pharo Launcher. From the Pharo Launcher, remember to
update the VM from the VM manager window.

This version includes a series of improvements:

- Unification of code base with the headless VM
- Preparation for supporting HDPI displays.
- Improvements in the speed of Threaded FFI (40x times faster in
SameThread runner and 2x in Threaded worker).
- Better handling of semaphores
- Improvements in the loading of large images (better buffering)
- Better support for headless execution on non-main thread

Please let me know if you find any issues.

Cheers, Pablo

--
Pablo Tesone.
[hidden email]