Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Norton and WinForth Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 03:29:42 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <1k8y2v1yqcvi7.c0x44rrlja7w.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: CNsg4fVcCsvs3UaOgZtQCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:26493 On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:32:47 -0400, Coos Haak wrote: > Here we go again, > Yes, there was a thread a few years ago on this. Supposedly, it wasn't infected then. Supposedly, the issue was fixed with the next version too. > This time Norton Internet Security (on Windows Vists 32bit) > judged that my installation of Win32Forth 6.14.03 was not safe. > Luckily, reinstalling with the Setup of WinForth succeeded. > Unfortunately, I found I had odd, virus-like problems with the versions which were flagged as having a virus or malware etc. This was despite claims from people here that they weren't actually infected. So, if a version of Win32Forth doesn't pass the two scanners I execute, I won't use it. I suggest you don't use it either. Rod Pemberton