From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
To: sondeen@usc.edu
Cc: 31572@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31572: 26.0.91; emacs-26.1 RC1 fails norton virus check
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 14:41:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV--A321er=Uaxj-jHp4t3gC-ZPKmsYqP2O6HK1zEss7Apg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85o9h61c6o.fsf@usc.edu>
On 23 May 2018 at 14:03, Jeff Sondeen <sondeen@usc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi all, i've been running Emacs version 26.091, but just downloaded
> emacs-26.1-rc1-x86_64.zip, but Norton Security has quarantined several
> *.exe's (runemacs.exe, etags.exe, etc) under
> emacs-26.1-rc1-x86_64/bin, complaining about a virus called
> "WS.Reputaton.1 Insight Network Threat" as per the attached pix (I
> didn't have this problem with 26.091)
According to https://community.norton.com/en/forums/clarification-wsreputation1-detection,
this warning doesn't represent a virus finding specifically:
WS.Reputation.1 is a detection for files that have a low
reputation score based on analyzing data from Symantec’s community
of users and therefore are likely to be security risks.[...]
The reputation-based system uses "the wisdom of crowds"[...]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-23 18:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-23 18:03 bug#31572: 26.0.91; emacs-26.1 RC1 fails norton virus check Jeff Sondeen
2018-05-23 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-23 18:41 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2018-05-23 20:19 ` Jeffrey Sondeen
2018-05-23 23:04 ` Jeffrey Sondeen
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