# Get Message "..was blocked...it could harm your device"

**URL:** https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/get-message-was-blocked-it-could-harm-your-device/10988
**Category:** Technical Support & Bugs
**Created:** [August 8, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/get-message-was-blocked-it-could-harm-your-device/10988 "2020-08-08T23:35:25Z")
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### Author: ![johnne](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@johnne](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/johnne)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/get-message-was-blocked-it-could-harm-your-device/10988/1 "2020-08-08T23:35:25Z")

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HP Laptop 14-cfoxxx  
Windows 10

Hello everyone,

I’m trying to install vassal, and I see a message, having downloaded, which says “VASSAL 3.3.2-windows… was blocked because it could harm your device.”

Could anyone possibly help?

Thanks, and have a good weekend!

~John

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### Author: ![JoelCFC25](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/joelcfc25/32/2687_2.png) [@JoelCFC25](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/JoelCFC25)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/get-message-was-blocked-it-could-harm-your-device/10988/2 "2020-08-10T14:03:25Z")

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You must have some antivirus software running that is incorrectly flagging VASSAL for some reason. You should use the tools available in your AV software to notify them of the false positive.