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Board Electrum
Re: Heuristic Virus in Electrum 3.0.5 exe?
by
Gwapo
on 10/01/2018, 15:45:58 UTC
Yes, I reported it to Norton as a false positive (https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive) and this was their response:

Code:
In relation to submission xxxxx.

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: electrum-3.0.5.exe
    MD5: 8e2e9f384665aeddbb8085246df3f28e
    SHA256: 7255debdcf9cdb6dfd1811df6d350b94849a3927d545ae7d9bbb7f9415d25aea
    Note: [b][color=green]Whitelisting is available by downloading a RAPID RELEASE indicated in the Further Information section below or via the next Live Update[/color][/b]
Further Information:
Required RAPID RELEASE sequence >= 190034

The latest Rapid Release definition available here: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/AVDEFS/norton_antivirus/rapidrelease
To check the current sequence number of the Rapid Release definition: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/definitions/rapidrelease
More information on Rapid Release definitions can be found: https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH103326.html

Upon live updating my Norton app, I was able to install Electrum properly.