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HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

GreatNate1312 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:11:39 GMT

23 files were sent into symantec!!! I know its normal to see submissions like this but for 23 files?! Is that normal?

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Re: HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

floplot — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:30:13 GMT

I been getting a lot of files submitted also, files, .dlls, not just one listing, but sometimes like 10 separate listings made at one time. It's like my whole computer is being submitted file by file.

Re: HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

GreatNate1312 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:51:09 GMT

I think the .dll are normal. I see that alot to, but this is the first time Iv seen this many .exe files. I hope theres not something wrong here???

Re: HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

GreatNate1312 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:18:40 GMT

does anyone els see this? Does anyone have any insight on this?

Re: HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

delphinium — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:44:08 GMT

Some of mine are as high as 32. The more they check, the more can be listed as safe, the better refinement is built into the system. The more - the better! You will also note that it says at the top "Threat count - zero." The more non-threatening material they can identify, the easier it becomes to identify malware.

Re: HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

GreatNate1312 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:45:43 GMT

thanks for responding, so thats normal activity and happens to everyone?

Re: HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

delphinium — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:48:35 GMT

Of course.

Re: HOLY MACRAL 23 file vote count for submission, What the heck

SendOfJive — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:11:15 GMT

GreatNate1312 wrote:
thanks for responding, so thats normal activity and happens to everyone?

That is the whole point of Norton Community Watch. Any new interesting items it notes on your computer are submitted for analysis. This is not only to discover possible new threats, but also to determine what new processes and files can be added to the Norton Insight trusted list. Submissions do not imply that you are infected. How could it, Norton hasn't even examined the data yet. Assuming you are not doing anything reckless on the internet, the odds of new objects on your system being malware are extremely small.

Message Edited by SendOfJive on 04-20-2009 09:11 AM