Re: Euphoria 3.1.1 Installer Flagged by Symantec
- Posted by MatthewMacGregor Oct 13, 2014
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The other evening Symantec went through my drive (while I was using it) and decided that over 50 programs - many of which I had written and compiled myself - contained this 'virus'. Sent Symantec a strongly worded note since the files weren't recoverable for whatever reason - of course I've heard nothing nor do I expect to ever hear anything about this error on their part.
I understand occasional false positives but to totally delete the files without providing me at least a chance to say "don't scan this folder in the future" is just rude IMO.
Yes, unfortunately it's not uncommon with little-known executables. My PowerBasic exes (with debug symbols) are constantly flagged by all AV that I've tried. I also had trouble with Launch4J exes like this as well. It's very bad behavior, but that's because I'm sure the exe's are probably ok. If I weren't sure, I'd be glad for the automatic removal of "threats".
