[Boston.pm] win32::ole giving false positive.

[Joel Gwynn]

I'm using win32::ole to open an excel spreadsheet.  The code used to work, but then they installed antivirus software on the server (windows NT Server, Norton Antivirus), and I think that's why my code doesn't work anymore.   I did a little searching, and found this from http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Reference/Products/ActivePerl/RELEASE.html   <snip> Norton AntiVirus 2000 detects VBS.NewLove.A in the file ActivePerl-Winfaq12.html. Workaround This is a false positive by Norton AntiVirus. ActivePerl-Winfaq12.html has been examined by hand, and it is likely that the following example code is what causes the false report.    <BLOCKQUOTE>     <P><CODE>use strict;<BR>       use Win32::OLE;<BR>       use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Outlook';<BR>       <BR>       my $Outlook = Win32::OLE-&gt;new('Outlook.Application', 'Quit');<BR>       my $ol = Win32::OLE::Const-&gt;Load($Outlook);<BR>       <BR>       my $namespace = $Outlook-&gt;GetNamespace(&quot;MAPI&quot;);<BR>       my $Folder = $namespace-&gt;GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox);<BR>       my $NewFolder = $Folder-&gt;Folders-&gt;Add(&quot;Test1&quot;);</CODE></P>     </BLOCKQUOTE> This can be tested by removing the above code from the ActivePerl-Winfaq12.html file and rescanning with Norton AntiVirus. Norton AntiVirus will no longer detect VBS.NewLove.A. Symantec has been notified of this issue. </snip> So, by 'workaround', the mean brick wall?  Is there a way around this?