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As of 23 Oct 2023, if you are trying to download the host-7.2.1.0.exe file from our website, Microsoft Edge blocks it with a message saying that the file was blocked as unsafe. We have already sent a false positive submission to Microsoft but we will appreciate it if our users also report the file as safe because this detection is 'reputation-based' and the SmartScreen simply blocks a previously unknown file.

Here are the steps to do that:

1. First, try to download the host-7.2.1.0.exe in Edge.

2. When the file is blocked, click on the Download icon, then click on the three dots icon and select 'Report this file as safe'.



3. A new tab will open with a feedback form. Fill in the details and click Submit.




Note: This issue is only with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. The Windows Defender desktop client treats the file as clean.

Thanks, everyone. Mysteriously, the host-7.2.1.0.msi is perfectly ok with Microsoft. It's only the .exe version that Microsoft isn't happy about.

We have updated Remote Utilities to version 7.2.2.0. There are no more false detections by Microsoft. Besides, Viewer and Host have been added to Microsoft Store - the links are available on the download page.

You are encourated to update your installations.

Hello Josh,

Sorry for misleading a bit. The version on MS Store is a regular desktop app, the same Host .msi that you can download from our website. Our only purpose of putting it there (as well as the Viewer) was widening our distribution and getting rid of pesky MS Windows Defender false positives, assuming that the apps that passed certification for MS Store are less likely to be falsely detected as a threat.

Answering your question, it's a regular msi file and you can use the standard msi parameters for its deployment.