Subject: Re: bug#31572: 26.0.91; emacs-26.1 RC1 fails norton virus check

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 21:26:42 +0300

> Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 11:03:59 -0700
> From: Jeff Sondeen <[email-masked]>
> 
> 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)

That's a false alarm, suggest that you tell Norton Security about that
so that they get their act together.

Thanks.