File blocked WS.Reputation.1

Norton has a habit of blocking files with WS.Reputation.1 This does not mean it is a virus, it means it has a low reputation score and may or may not be a risk. My method is to un-quarantine the file and drop it into Virustotal and if it is clean I tend to trust it if I know the source of the file, if it is flagged on Virustotal I hold down shift and press delete to permanently delete it. Try this at your own risk

Being a new user of Norton, it did throw me yesterday. As you said I ran it through virustotal and only when that flagged it did I bin it. As you said yesterday it's Nortons way of saying be careful

CornishRattler said:

Being a new user of Norton, it did throw me yesterday. As you said I ran it through virustotal and only when that flagged it did I bin it. As you said yesterday it's Nortons way of saying be careful

Click to expand...

It's very misleading, and it makes you fear the worst, a few of the files I use have it and that is always because the file is new and has not been downloaded much, again our old friend common sense has to come in to it again

The-Hive said:

again our old friend common sense has to come in to it again

Click to expand...

The most effective AV