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bug#31572: 26.0.91; emacs-26.1 RC1 fails norton virus check
From: |
Noam Postavsky |
Subject: |
bug#31572: 26.0.91; emacs-26.1 RC1 fails norton virus check |
Date: |
Wed, 23 May 2018 14:41:51 -0400 |
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"[...]