GNU bug report logs - #31572
26.0.91; emacs-26.1 RC1 fails norton virus check

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Message #10 received at 31572-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: sondeen <at> usc.edu
Cc: 31572-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31572: 26.0.91; emacs-26.1 RC1 fails norton virus check
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 21:26:42 +0300

> Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 11:03:59 -0700
> From: Jeff Sondeen <sondeen <at> usc.edu>
> 
> 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.

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