Hi All--
I have four entries in my risk log for Symantec.  One each of Log Only and
Quarantine for bc.exe and awk.exe.  All four are classed as "Suspicious
Emit" as defined here:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-042920-5108-99&vid=42286

The Log Only warnings happened at 24 May 0218, and the Quarantine happened
the same day at 1205.

Thanks,
Ivan

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Ivan Van Laningham <[email protected]>wrote:

> I did get messages telling me which executables were problematic when I
> logged in that day, but I didn't think to look in the logs.  I'll check
> tomorrow when I'm at work.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Metta,
> Ivan
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> any symantec log messages corresponding to the quarantine?
>>
>> On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:29:03 -0600 Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
>> > Symantec enterprise suddenly started classifying these two executables,
>> > unchanged for months, as virus threats and quarantined them.  Scanning
>> the
>> > Uwin installer exe does not yield results, but as soon as the installer
>> is
>> > run, awk and bc are removed as threats.  telnet.exe is also missing, but
>> I
>> > never received a notice that it was a threat.
>>
>> > This began happening on either Monday, 23 May or Tuesday, 24 May.  I
>> believe
>> > there was a Symantec virus definition update around that time.
>>
>> > This is fairly irritating, as corporate security is unwilling to
>> question
>> > the word of Symantec.  "Ticket: closed.  Resolution: Please find an
>> > alternate implementation."
>>
>> > I'm not the only one on the network to suffer this problem.  Are others
>> out
>> > there experiencing this?  How about home users of Symantec AV?
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Ivan Van Laningham
> God N Locomotive Works
> http://www.pauahtun.org/
>
> http://www.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningham.html
> Army Signal Corps:  Cu Chi, Class of '70
> Author:  Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours
>



-- 
Ivan Van Laningham
God N Locomotive Works
http://www.pauahtun.org/
http://www.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningham.html
Army Signal Corps:  Cu Chi, Class of '70
Author:  Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours
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