On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Oliver Sims <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Just downloaded oorexx-4.2.0.windows.x86_32.exe to my XP machine. At end
> of download, Norton anti-virus popped up and said it was "unsafe" and
> removed the downloaded file!!!
>
This is a false positive by Norton. As you can see Norton is using a
heuristic to detect the virus. Heuristic checks are notorious for
producing false positives.
I submitted the problem to Norton and they admitted it was a false positive
and said it would be corrected. But, if they did anything, it seems if is
related to the file name only.
You can turn Norton off and download the file, The go to:
https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive/
and submit the download as a false positive. I believe Norton will come
back and agree it is a false positive.
Other than that I don't know what to do about it.
I believe it is actually coming from NSIS. The other thing you can do is
turn Norton off, run the installation, then turn Norton back on and have it
scan the installation directory. I believe it will report the files are
okay.
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Mark Miesfeld
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