Windows warns about the installer

When you download or run the CX TUNE installer, your browser or Windows may show a warning. This is expected for now, and it does not mean the file is harmful.

Why it happens

Windows trusts installers more when they carry a paid code-signing certificate and have already been installed by many people. CX TUNE is new and its installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows does not recognise it. We plan to sign it in a later update.

Only download the installer from your account on this website or from the link in your CX TUNE email. Those are the only places we publish it.

In your browser

Edge or Chrome may say the file is not commonly downloaded and hold it back.

1. Open your downloads (Ctrl+J).
2. Next to the CX TUNE installer, open the menu (…) and choose Keep.
3. If asked again, choose Keep anyway.

When you start the installer

Windows may show a blue window: Windows protected your PC.

1. Click More info.
2. Check that the file is the CX TUNE installer you just downloaded.
3. Click Run anyway.

The installer then asks for administrator rights, because it puts the plugin into the system’s VST3 folder. That is normal; see Installing CX TUNE.

If your antivirus blocks it

New, unsigned installers sometimes trigger a false alarm. Please do not switch your antivirus off. Write to us with the name of your antivirus and the message it shows, and we help you install CX TUNE.

The plugin itself

The warning is only about the download and the installer. Once installed, your DAW loads CX TUNE like any other VST3 plugin.