I finally got a beta and Norton Internet Security quarantined it. Any suggestions on how to make sure this doesn't happen again? This is the first time Norton ever stopped one of the WCG projects on my computer. I looked at the firewall FAQ but didn't see anything releated to Norton, http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1804

Due to Norton quarantining a critical file, the beta was reported as an error. The file Norton rejected was wcgrid_beta11_6.33_windows_intelx86.

Result Name: BETA_ E200515_ 065_ A.25.C19H14N4SSi.112.3.set1d06_ 2-- 

<core_client_version>6.10.58</core_client_version>
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<message>
Input file wcgrid_beta11_6.33_windows_intelx86 missing or invalid: -163
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Thanks, Sekerob.

For now, I'll just add the Boinc data folder to a list of exclusions.

I restored the file, then did a rescan of that folder just to see if it would be quarantined again and it wasn't. Norton seemed to jump in as the file was downloaded and starting to run so excluding that data folder seems appropriate as a start.

Unfortunately I don't have much experience with false positives and what I should have done is noted down all the quarantine information and reported it to Norton as false positive and then restore the file. By restoring first and analyzing second, I lost the exact reason Norton quarantined the file.

got rid of norton a real resource hog..

The data_dir scan exclusion is an age old BOINC related workaround covered in the FAQs and I think Help too... applies to most Firewall/AV software. BOINC verifies validity continuously of downloaded packets... crc/md5 checks inclusive and it runs under a limited rights account, so things are quite well sand-boxed.

WCG has worked with one or the other AV company on a past BOINC issue... imagine they're big buyers too. Hard and reproducible evidence helps to document such an effort. WCG staff themselves simply do not have the resources to pursue every problem avenue, so asking to make it known to Norton directly and tell them you're sharing this experience with 525,000 members who read the WCG forums. :D

Now on that quarantining... are there no settings to "remember" a past yes/no OK for a data area in Norton? It's trust based, because WCG once big enough is going to switch to computing for the design of a time travel machine. IBM might want to change the past I so understand on what they did v.v. Billy G.

2 eurocents opinion.