Microsoft is not doing either of us any favors with this one, I'm sorry to say. It does this a bit if you run IE Explorer latest versions and it gets hardcore about it starting with Windows 8. Basically, they're doing more than just "protecting" you. They're also charging a tax on small developers, who hate it. Where I come from that's called "protection money" and it isn't legal.
There's two things you need to know about G-Wizard software and Windows SmartScreen. First, our software is safe and used by thousands of machinists from some of the most reputable manufacturers on the planet. We're not a secret Bulgarian Phishing Operation left over from the Cold War. We use code signing certificates from a reputable source. All of our releases are always signed. That doesn't seem to slow Microsoft down from claiming they're not, unfortunately. There are a lot of reasons this could be, and I notice Microsoft isn't even very consistent--some releases fail and some don't.
That brings me to my second point. If SmartScreen is preventing you from downloading G-Wizard, you can simply disable until you get G-Wizard installed and then turn it back on if you like. To do so basically involves making CNCCookbook a trusted site. Here are the directions for how to do that copied from Microsoft's own site:
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Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Internet Explorer, and then, in the list of results, click Internet Explorer.
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Navigate to the website that you want to add to the list of trusted sites.
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Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
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Click the Security tab, and then click Trusted sites.
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Click the Sites button.
The website address should appear in the Add this website to the zone box.
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If the site is not a secure site (HTTPS), clear the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.
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Click Add, and then click Close.
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On the Security tab, click Custom level.
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In the Security Settings dialog box, scroll to find Use SmartScreen Filter, and then click Disable.
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Click OK, and then click OK again.
Sorry for the inconvenience. We wish Microsoft had figured out a better way. Alternatively, download with Google Chrome or Firefox instead of IE.
Once downloaded, you may get this message:
Just click "More Info" and use there is an option to install it anyway...