{"id":3656,"date":"2015-10-28T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2019-07-07T18:41:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T18:41:10","slug":"how-do-i-code-sign-a-setup-package-in-visual-installer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/how-do-i-code-sign-a-setup-package-in-visual-installer\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I code sign a setup package in Visual Installer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/visual-installer\/pictures\/misc\/lock-w67.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\">Today it is important to have a setup package code signed before distribution. This is for many reasons:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will avoid deterrent warning messages in Windows.<br \/>\n&#8211; You will avoid that your installation can not be started in some systems.<br \/>\n&#8211; You can be sure that nobody has manipulated your setup package since creation.<br \/>\n&#8211; You will protect your setup package against viruses and malware.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to code sign in Visual Installer<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/pad\/icons\/visual_installer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\">In Visual Installer it is easy to code sign a setup package. In the following tip we explain step by step how to code sign an installation:<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/visual-installer\/tips\/tips-pages\/code-sign-setup-package\/code-sign-setup-package.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tip: How to code sign a setup package<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles about code signing<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you want to read more about code signing we recommend you to read the following articles on our website:<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/articles\/code-signing.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is Code Signing \/ Digital Signature \/ Digital Certificate?<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/articles\/windows-8-extended-validation-code-signing.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Extended Validation (EV) Code Signing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today it is important to have a setup package code signed before distribution. This is for many reasons: &#8211; You will avoid deterrent warning messages in Windows. &#8211; You will avoid that your installation can not be started in some systems. &#8211; You can be sure that nobody has manipulated your setup package since creation. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/how-do-i-code-sign-a-setup-package-in-visual-installer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do I code sign a setup package in Visual Installer?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6066,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions\/6066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}