[Qgis-user] Virus ( Trojan.Gen.SMH) detected by Symantec in QGIS 2.14.3 32 bits

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 19/06/2016 18:46, Matthias Kuhn ha scritto:
> Hi Patrick
> 
> On 19/06/16 17:00, Patrick Giraudoux wrote:
>> Just to signal that I cannot install  QGIS 2.14.3 (32 bits) with
>> QGIS-OSGeo4W-2.14.3-2-Setup-x86.exe (stand-alone) on Windows 7.
>> Symantec antivirus detect qgis.bin.exe as Trojan.Gen.SMH and put it in
>> vault (which, of course prevents the sofwtare from working...). Mabe a
>> false positive but it leads to a dedalock when is comes to use QGIS 32
>> bits.
> This has been reported in the past and is - if I understand correctly -
> related to heuristics. If you have a support contract with symantec, it
> would be great if you could ask them if they could adjust their
> heuristics (or provide details about what needs to be done to pass their
> tests). I am not aware of anything we could do from our side without
> more information from the provider of the anti virus software.
> 
> https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2013-041522-2144-99

Hi all,
apparently still true. Any hope to have it fixed? Should we approach
Symantec officially?
All the best.

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