Why am I getting a Heur.AdvML.B virus warning on a file I'm creating?

Hello everyone,

I'm writing a password management program in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022. After I click on Start to compile the solution into an EXE file and run it for a test run, Norton 360 comes up saying it found Heur.AdvML.B and the exe file is either not created or deleted.

Now I know my laptop is virus free because I have run a virus scan and Norton found nothing.

So why does Heur.AdvML.B keep coming up when I compile the program and how can I fix it so I will stop doing that?

Thanks for the help everyone,

Bob Gatto

 

Report a suspected incorrect detection to NortonLifeLock
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v126152382

Submit a file to NortonLifeLock
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/kb20090602171902EN

Respond to incorrect Norton alerts that a file is infected or a program or website is suspicious
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/kb20100222230832EN


Please tell us what Norton is telling you regarding this event.
For information regarding this event > from Norton pop-up > View Details > Copy to Clipboard &or from Norton history > More Options > Copy to Clipboard > paste here.

For second opinion choose File &/or Search hash at VirusTotal 


Act on quarantined risks or threats
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v6200305

Turn off or turn on Download Intelligence
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/norton-security/current/solutions/v23920640

Exclude files and folders from Norton Auto-Protect, SONAR, and Download Intelligence scans
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v3672136

Fix problem detecting a file or program as a threat even after you exclude it from scan
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v115455517

Configure Exclusions/Low Risks settings
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/norton-360/home/solutions/v15457075

Exclude files with low-risk signatures from Norton scans
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v15463085

"Heur.AdvML.B has been detected" - is this a false positive?
https://community.norton.com/en/forums/heuradvmlb-has-been-detected-false-positive

 

Can you create work product folder and exclude the folder.
Don't know if "Items to Exclude from" x2 -> Configure... will help your scenario. 

Open Norton 360 Classic view -> Settings -> Antivirus