azaze1 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Anyone using Symantec or Norton antivirus is probably aware that as of mid May, the AVDEFs now consider the cmdow.exe program a Hacking tool, and automatically quarantine the cmdow.exe file.This poses a problem in that it always removes it from my CD/DVD source which was easily fixed by making a simple file/folder exclusion within the Symantec AntiVirus Client program. However, during an actual OS installation... once Symantec AntiVirus is installed, any future programs that call cmdow.exe to hide the cmd window for silent installation will not work as intended because SAV does its job in quarantining the cmdow program.Is there any way to automate via a cfg file or a registry key, the exclusion of a file (in this case C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cmdow.exe) immediately after SAV is installed so that future installs which use cmdow wont pop up with a virus detection from SAV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 The solution is simple, don't use Symantec's antivirus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiel X Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 haha, i was going to say that. but....it just seemed too obvious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Norton/Symantec (nono)The tech shop I did my workterm, there were probably a dozen PCs that had Symantec/Norton. The ones that we didn't end up replacing with AVG, had to have most of the "extra" Services stopped and either set to manul or disabled because they just slowed the computers to a crawl. I rememeber one computer in particular I was working on, it took the PC 2 minutes to do the simplest things. Once I got rid of Norton/Symantec, it was a race horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 hi guys, i just experienced this problem today, i had no idea of this my problem is that my firm is all Symantecs so to say don't use it is not a valid fix. Why is this now considered a hacktool? and what will happen if i remove the cmdow.exe from doing any other install??? any help will be appreciated.thanksEXPRESS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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