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Add warning about antivirus false detection
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Fix #2254.
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liZe committed Sep 23, 2024
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To use WeasyPrint on Windows, the easiest way is to use the `executable`_ of
the latest release.

.. warning::

WeasyPrint is regularly marked as malware by different antivirus companies.
See `#2081`_ or `#2092`_ to get more information on this topic. Don’t
hesitate to report the false positive detection to your antivirus company in
order to improve malware detection for future versions.

If you want to use WeasyPrint as a Python library, you’ll have to follow a few
extra steps. Please read this chapter carefully.

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python3 -m weasyprint --info

.. _executable: https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/releases
.. _#2081: https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/2081
.. _#2092: https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/2092
.. _Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/search/python
.. _MSYS2: https://www.msys2.org/#installation

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