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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sondeen <at> usc.edu

Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 18:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.91

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 31572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: sondeen <at> usc.edu
Cc: 31572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 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 <at> 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"[...]
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