Symantec Enpoint Protection Detects Emacs 24.1.0.0 As Virus

[David Cagle]

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.

 

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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 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 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