Re: [Qgis-user] False positive with norton + whitelisting
Hello all, I need a little help, I have being trying to create an Index for a series of CAD drawings, they each have a extent bounding box, but its broken into individual lines. I have so far succeeded in creating a shapefile for all of them, but my problem is that what I have is several thousand open polylines instead of box's. each polyline starts and ends in the same point, but I need them to form polygons. The other thing is that the attribute data be preserved. Any help appreciated. Regards, -- *_Richard McDonnell_* *GIS Specialist PgD GIS AssocSCSI* *OPW FRM Data Management* *52 Stephens Green, Dublin 2.* TEL: 01 6476543 OPW - Ag féachaint don am atá le teacht - Ag caomhnú ón am atá thart OPW - Looking to the future - Caring for the past *** Email Disclaimer: http://www.opw.ie/en/disclaimer/ ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] False positive with norton + whitelisting
Thanks for your response and also to Paolo's response. I'm ready to help as far as I can with my limited skills. The "vendor's form" (https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist/isv/) specifies that a corporate email adress is mandatory to make a proactive whitelisting: --excerpt Software Whitelisting Request This form is for use by Vendors wishing to have their software proactively whitelisted by Symantec. Important information • Whitelisting is file/version specific. Future versions will not be whitelisted by default. • New versions of your software should be submitted for whitelisting as they become available. • For identity verification, a corporate email address is mandatory. Requests from free email domains will not be processed. ---end of excerpt NB In fact, the "vendor's" form is very much alike the user's form (https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive/) and the result seems also to be alike. The only difference is that the user's form begins with the question "When did the detection .. occur?"; one of the possible responses is "the options provided do not apply". Than you have to specify the kind of Symantec product. I recall having read that the recognition is "cloud" based, whitelisting for one product holds for all "cloud based" Symantec products. So there is the possibility to just fill the user's form (which is in my reach) in case there is no other way! Le 19/12/2016 à 14:59, Matthias Kuhn a écrit : Thanks Paul, Yes indeed it looks like every single version will need to be whitelisted. It would be interesting for us to upload every release, but it looks like it's a manual process that someone will need to take care of (at least it doesn't look like it's a scriptable API): https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist/isv/ It also looks like code signing would be an alternative, but from a quick look at the page https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist/ , this mainly looks like a process to generate business for some CA with no open alternatives. But if someone has more experience in this area, it will be interesting to hear insights. I think the most sustainable approach is if * someone volunteers to manually upload the files after new releases * or possibly (if it helps...) someone sponsors a certificate Matthias On 12/19/2016 02:36 PM, Lens Paul wrote: Thanks Matthias, I just received the answer of Symantec (Norton), here are some excerpts. Upon further analysis and investigation we have verified your submission and, as such, the detection(s) for the following file(s) will be removed from our products: File name: qgis_bin.exe MD5: 99002dab0a0525a941b4a473fe4b058b SHA256: 5f1fe42b904298eecbb1c0bdc3cbb4a28dcbace3b1b65a250ef800d8158a4f51 Note: Whitelisting may take up to 24 hours to take effect via Live Update If detection persists, please contact support: * Norton:https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/info ... If you are a software vendor and would like to upload your software for proactive whitelisting, please complete one of the following forms: * If you are BCS customer:https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist/bcs * Otherwise:https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist For more information on best practices to reduce false positives: http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/white_papers/b-to_increase_downloads-instill_trust_first_WP.en-us.pdf - Does it mean that they whitelist just one version of QGIS (in relation with the signature MD5)? Which means that every new version should also be submitted to them? (luckily, the procedure is easy and not time-consuming). They also recommend a "software vendor" procedure, which is beyond my understanding. Regards and thanks to all the developers for the marvelous development of QGIS, Paul Le 19/12/2016 à 12:13, Matthias Kuhn a écrit : Thank you Paul, We have received similar reports in the past already. I think what you have done is the best approach: notify the antivirus producer about false alerts as a user and provide them with the required information (qgis-bin.exe etc.) to investigate the problem and update the heuristics or white list accordingly. With the information available from the general description of the heuristics, there is normally not a lot we can do to "solve" the problem from our side. If Norton asks more information, please just post again either on this list or on the qgis developer list. Thanks again Matthias On 12/19/2016 12:04 PM, Lens Paul wrote: Hi all, For info to Norton Security Users, Using QGIS 2.18.1 on Windows 7 sp1 64 bits. Norton deleted twice, without warning, qgis-bin.exe + many .py files on my computer + modified many registry entries. Message was "WS.Reputation.1", linked to the so-called SONAR function of Norton Security. This is how it works : "WS.Reputation.1 is a detection for files that have a low
Re: [Qgis-user] False positive with norton + whitelisting
Il 19/12/2016 14:36, Lens Paul ha scritto: > I just received the answer of Symantec (Norton), here are some excerpts. > If you are a software vendor and would like to upload your software for > proactive whitelisting, please complete one of the following forms: > * If you are BCS customer:https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist/bcs > * Otherwise:https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist > > For more information on best practices to reduce false positives: > http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/white_papers/b-to_increase_downloads-instill_trust_first_WP.en-us.pdf > > - > > Does it mean that they whitelist just one version of QGIS (in relation > with the signature MD5)? > Which means that every new version should also be submitted to them? > (luckily, the procedure is easy and not time-consuming). > > They also recommend a "software vendor" procedure, which is beyond my > understanding. Thanks Paul, I agree that having a proactive approach would be better: I have seen these kind of false positives several times, and are an annoyance, sometimes a real problem for many users. Anyone would like to take a lead on this? I do not think very special skills are required. All the best. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all=IT=qgis,arcgis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] False positive with norton + whitelisting
Thanks Matthias, I just received the answer of Symantec (Norton), here are some excerpts. Upon further analysis and investigation we have verified your submission and, as such, the detection(s) for the following file(s) will be removed from our products: File name: qgis_bin.exe MD5: 99002dab0a0525a941b4a473fe4b058b SHA256: 5f1fe42b904298eecbb1c0bdc3cbb4a28dcbace3b1b65a250ef800d8158a4f51 Note: Whitelisting may take up to 24 hours to take effect via Live Update If detection persists, please contact support: * Norton:https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/info ... If you are a software vendor and would like to upload your software for proactive whitelisting, please complete one of the following forms: * If you are BCS customer:https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist/bcs * Otherwise:https://submit.symantec.com/whitelist For more information on best practices to reduce false positives: http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/white_papers/b-to_increase_downloads-instill_trust_first_WP.en-us.pdf - Does it mean that they whitelist just one version of QGIS (in relation with the signature MD5)? Which means that every new version should also be submitted to them? (luckily, the procedure is easy and not time-consuming). They also recommend a "software vendor" procedure, which is beyond my understanding. Regards and thanks to all the developers for the marvelous development of QGIS, Paul Le 19/12/2016 à 12:13, Matthias Kuhn a écrit : Thank you Paul, We have received similar reports in the past already. I think what you have done is the best approach: notify the antivirus producer about false alerts as a user and provide them with the required information (qgis-bin.exe etc.) to investigate the problem and update the heuristics or white list accordingly. With the information available from the general description of the heuristics, there is normally not a lot we can do to "solve" the problem from our side. If Norton asks more information, please just post again either on this list or on the qgis developer list. Thanks again Matthias On 12/19/2016 12:04 PM, Lens Paul wrote: Hi all, For info to Norton Security Users, Using QGIS 2.18.1 on Windows 7 sp1 64 bits. Norton deleted twice, without warning, qgis-bin.exe + many .py files on my computer + modified many registry entries. Message was "WS.Reputation.1", linked to the so-called SONAR function of Norton Security. This is how it works : "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 Norton (french-speaking) Assistance confirmed me it is a false positive. I asked them to put QGIS on the White List. NB: this is not the first time it happens for QGIS, see: https://community.norton.com/en/forums/qgis-issue. Afterwards, I submitted also a demand for whitelisting, as a Norton user, on the Norton website (https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive/standard/), where qgis-bin.exe can be uploaded for testing. I hope this will prevent any other disturbing false positive on Norton products. Any suggestion? Paul ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] False positive with norton + whitelisting
Thank you Paul, We have received similar reports in the past already. I think what you have done is the best approach: notify the antivirus producer about false alerts as a user and provide them with the required information (qgis-bin.exe etc.) to investigate the problem and update the heuristics or white list accordingly. With the information available from the general description of the heuristics, there is normally not a lot we can do to "solve" the problem from our side. If Norton asks more information, please just post again either on this list or on the qgis developer list. Thanks again Matthias On 12/19/2016 12:04 PM, Lens Paul wrote: > Hi all, > > For info to Norton Security Users, > > Using QGIS 2.18.1 on Windows 7 sp1 64 bits. > > Norton deleted twice, without warning, qgis-bin.exe + many .py files on > my computer + modified many registry entries. > > Message was "WS.Reputation.1", linked to the so-called SONAR function of > Norton Security. > > This is how it works : "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 Norton (french-speaking) Assistance confirmed me it is a false > positive. I asked them to put QGIS on the White List. > > NB: this is not the first time it happens for QGIS, see: > https://community.norton.com/en/forums/qgis-issue. > > Afterwards, I submitted also a demand for whitelisting, as a Norton > user, on the Norton website > (https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive/standard/), where > qgis-bin.exe can be uploaded for testing. > > I hope this will prevent any other disturbing false positive on Norton > products. Any suggestion? > > Paul > > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] False positive with norton + whitelisting
Hi all, For info to Norton Security Users, Using QGIS 2.18.1 on Windows 7 sp1 64 bits. Norton deleted twice, without warning, qgis-bin.exe + many .py files on my computer + modified many registry entries. Message was "WS.Reputation.1", linked to the so-called SONAR function of Norton Security. This is how it works : "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 Norton (french-speaking) Assistance confirmed me it is a false positive. I asked them to put QGIS on the White List. NB: this is not the first time it happens for QGIS, see: https://community.norton.com/en/forums/qgis-issue. Afterwards, I submitted also a demand for whitelisting, as a Norton user, on the Norton website (https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive/standard/), where qgis-bin.exe can be uploaded for testing. I hope this will prevent any other disturbing false positive on Norton products. Any suggestion? Paul ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
