From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Cagle Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Symantec Enpoint Protection Detects Emacs 24.1.0.0 As Virus Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:20:47 -0700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_F041FB8B5A08CA4CB399968DFA2B91BA08371DD98Csvma4_" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340042016 12791 80.91.229.3 (18 Jun 2012 17:53:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:53:36 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 18 19:53:35 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sgg8n-0003BH-MR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:53:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58323 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sgg8n-0002Rl-P8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:53:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33648) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgfxG-0006jS-CE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:41:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgfxD-0006V8-Pu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:41:33 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.clarisonic.com ([206.169.230.136]:46575) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgfxD-0006UT-Fo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:41:31 -0400 Original-Received: from SVMA4.pacbiolabs.com (172.16.0.162) by smtp.clarisonic.com (192.168.250.5) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.3.213.0; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:20:48 -0700 Original-Received: from SVMA4.pacbiolabs.com ([127.0.0.1]) by svma4 ([127.0.0.1]) with mapi; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:20:48 -0700 Thread-Topic: Symantec Enpoint Protection Detects Emacs 24.1.0.0 As Virus Thread-Index: Ac1NdRR6zemEDylFToCq9NI6o35zQQ== Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US X-Brightmail-Tracker: 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 JjXsOBINPbM5pnmp1dVM+hK7/tDbOV/DWj+/+Envkc3Befc+Nx5lnFRT1Tun+HnZnUzhObpr5J+93F/8sabAP803yWsab6l9ec X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-Received-From: 206.169.230.136 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:53:25 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85289 Archived-At: --_000_F041FB8B5A08CA4CB399968DFA2B91BA08371DD98Csvma4_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I'm a long time Emacs user and recently ran into a problem running Emacs 24= .1.0.0 on a machine using Symantec's Endpoint Protection Software. The OS = is Windows 7. Executing: ..\emacs-24.1\bin\runemacs.exe Results In: Symantec Endpoint Protection Virus Detected! Scan Type - Bloodhound.Sonar.9 Executable is quarantined and cannot be run. --- I submitted a 'False Positive' report with Symantec and they issued a 'viru= s definition' file which resolved the problem BUT implied it is only valid = for this particular version of emacs. An email from Symantec contained the= following suggestion: -----Original Message----- From: Symantec FP Incident Response [mailto:falsepositives@symantec.com] Subject: Dispute Submission [2820772] If you are a software vendor, Symantec offers the possibility of adding you= r software to its database of known clean files in order to reduce the poss= ibility of false positives. If you wish to participate in this program, ple= ase complete the following form. https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist --_000_F041FB8B5A08CA4CB399968DFA2B91BA08371DD98Csvma4_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

 

I’= ;m a long time Emacs user and recently ran into a problem running Emacs 24.= 1.0.0 on a machine using Symantec’s Endpoint Protection Software.&nbs= p; The OS is Windows 7. 

&nbs= p;

Executing:

..\emacs-24.1\bin\runemacs.exe

 

Results In:

Symantec Endpoint Protection Virus Detected!

Scan Type – Bloodhound.Sonar.9

 

Executable is quaran= tined and cannot be run.

 

---

&nbs= p;

I submitted a ‘False Positive’= report with Symantec and they issued a ‘virus definition’ file= which resolved the problem BUT implied it is only valid for this particula= r version of emacs.  An email from Symantec contained the following su= ggestion:

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Symantec FP Incident Response [mailto:falsepositives@symantec.com] =

Subject: Dispute Submission [2820772]

 =

If you are a soft= ware vendor, Symantec offers the possibility of adding your software to its= database of known clean files in order to reduce the possibility of false = positives. If you wish to participate in this program, please complete the = following form.

 

https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist

 

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