Norton Security blocks latest BTSync

[ivarson]

Tried to convince my neighbor to install sync to send me a big file.

But he claimed his AV blocked it as Unsafe, "WS.Reputation.1".

So no transfer took place :-p

He's a legal customer and get definition updates from Norton/symantec and such.

Same scenario as here http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/31710-bittorrent-client-update-marked-unsafe-and-deleted-by-norton-security-suite/

though that was the Bittorrent client, but of course i realize its common code being detected. 

[GreatMarko]

If your neighbor downloaded Sync from an official source (i.e. getsync.com), then this will be what's known as a "false positive".

Please see the Virus Total scan for BTSync_x64.exe (2.3.1.259) here. As you can see Symantec (Norton) finds the file clean. The same is true of the 32-bit version (BTSync.exe)

[ivarson]

11 hours ago, GreatMarko said:

If your neighbor downloaded Sync from an official source (i.e. getsync.com), then this will be what's known as a "false positive".

Please see the Virus Total scan for BTSync_x64.exe (2.3.1.259) here. As you can see Symantec (Norton) finds the file clean. The same is true of the 32-bit version (BTSync.exe)

Thanks...

Yes, of course it is, but can't you affect symantec/norton to whitelist your product?

[Helen]

ivarson,

We've been contacting them ever since, still it's there where it is, so... VirusTotal will help you.