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MacDac

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Virus!? (WS.Reputation.1 in coutal.exe)
« on: September 01, 2014, 11:27:11 pm »
My Norton just detected "WS.Reputation.1" in couatl.exe and couatl_updater.exe and has cause my whole flightsim to crash and quit working once Norton quarantined the bad file.  What is the deal?
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JSilva

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Re: Virus!? (WS.Reputation.1 in coutal.exe)
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2014, 11:37:28 pm »
The problem is that most anti-viruses mistakes these files for a virus even if it is not. Try excluding these files or all of the FSX/P3D folder (or both) and reinstall the scenery.
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Re: Virus!? (WS.Reputation.1 in coutal.exe)
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2014, 11:46:21 pm »
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What is the deal?

The deal is you have an invasive over-expensive antivirus program on your computer that is wrecking and blocking your computer.
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virtuali

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Re: Virus!? (WS.Reputation.1 in coutal.exe)
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2014, 10:37:21 am »
An article here, explaining what "Reputation" really is:

http://www.codeandweb.com/blog/2012/06/23/how-symantec-ruins-independent-developers
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