echo |format c:

[vip]

well, if you see echo j | format c: anywhere norton thinks it's a virus for some reason .. and freaks out .. still is no patch for it... any way around this??? so norton doesnt freak out ? i dont use it personally, just trying to figure it out for a friend

[tomwarren Veteran]

yeah it's annoying on IRC as well when some prat does it :|

[MxxCon]

lol, if you have logging turned on, norton will delete that whole log file? :)

perhaps you should submit it to them saying there are too many false alarms..

i think i know why it's freaking out.

when you do format c: you will be asked if you are sure..

doing echo y before that command will send "y" as 1st input character, automaticly answering "yes" to format question.

however on some non-english systems "yes" means "ja" or something like that..and shortcut instead of "y" is "j"

that's why norton is freaking out.

[Hypoxiaicon]

weeeee i got it, aint i special? :D

[Spykes424]

:o :blink: :( Please Help! Norton Cant Repair, And Doesnt Give Me Manual Instructions On How To FIX?!

[kiddingguy]

yep. same here. :(

[seethru]

same here, and I'm at work.....I'm not accessing neowin for now then.

[Spykes424]

What Does It Do? No Solution?

[kiddingguy]

gone already i guess :D

[Martin L]

Quaranti the file!! or remove the file.

[Hypoxiaicon]

lol, its not a virus! check echo j | format thread :p

[+Warwagon MVC]

Clear your internet temp files

[-=||MIKE||=-]

  Electroglitter said:

lol, its not a virus! check echo j | format thread :p

The what ?? link ... :huh:

[Spykes424]

check what thread? so its not a virus? and how did u get rid of it kiddinguy?

[mAcOdIn Veteran]

It's not a real virus, nortons heuristics think it's a virus.

Heuristics enables anti virus programs to detect possible virii before a new virus definition is out by looking at the code and seeing if something malicouse can be done with it.

Turn off bloodhound and the warning will go away.

Here's the thread he's talking about.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=106044

[Ritalin]

yeah on irc it's fun :)

you type a line and everyone gets the popup :)

i nearly made my clan win a clan match like that, all their team had norton.... popups + cs = pain in the ass :)

[Hypoxiaicon]

this thread

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...opic=106044&hl=

[Spykes424]

mine wasnt deleted though, how can i get rid of it?

[Yvo]

damn made me realize i didn't have norton installed :blush:

[Spykes424]

how do i remove? norton dint do it... i cant locate it either... :blink:

[kiddingguy]

i didn't do anything :happy:

the norton virus message went away.... just like that :pinch: :unsure:

[Hypoxiaicon]

its NOT a virus. its just some text input that triggers the bloodhound thing off! dont panic :)

[Coolme]

I know that this is kinda off the topic (I have Norton AntiVirus 2004 professional)but it seems to me that most of the time, Norton can't repair viruses (I was infected by viruses three times, not all the same time) and what happens is that Norton will notify me about the virus then when I reboot, Norton won't start so I have to remove the virus manually and reinstall Norton AntiVirus. :angry:

[Spykes424]

so, what just lower my bloodhound settings, and dont delete anything?

[Blaise Veteran]

merged

[Coolme]

  Spykes424 said:

how do i remove? norton dint do it... i cant locate it either... :blink:

You can't locate it because Windows Xp automatically hides it and ur are using it. Go to C:\Documents and settings\---you windows username---\local settings\content.IE5\and delete everything except for the .ini file (You have to type content.IE5 to get in that folder. It should work...