On 6/07/2016 9:51 AM, Steve Dower wrote:
On 05Jul2016 1615, Peter wrote:
It's not the URL it is complaining of, rather
On Windows, Norton Internet Security virus checks all downloads. One of
the names they give to the result of their scanning is 'File Insight'.
From what I can tell, it uses a few checks:
- virus scanning using known signatures
- observable malicious behaviour
- how well known or used it is across other users of Nortons.
It seems that the last of these is a causing the warning.
Obviously this is not a problem for me, but may be concerning for less
tech savvy Windows users that get the warning.
There isn't a way within Nortons to 'report for clearance' of the file.
And my chat with a (entry level) Norton representative got nowhere.
I'll email screen captures in the next email. Let me know if they don't
come through and I'll paste them somewhere.
Let me know if I can give any more information.
I don't think there's anything we can do about this, other than
convince more users of Norton Internet Security to use Python 2.7
(apparently Python 3.5 is more popular with that demographic :) )
The installer is signed with the PSF's certificate, which keeps
Windows Smartscreen happy and is the only way we can indicate that
it's trustworthy. If Norton requires different criteria then that is
on them and not something we can fix.
Cheers,
Steve
I suspect you're right.
It's a flawed model that they're using, and they are quite impervious to
suggestions.
Glad 3.5 is winning :-)
Keep up the good work.
Peter
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