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Gerard Ashton
Gerard Ashton

Reputation: 638

First install of PHP on Windows blocked by Norton

I'm completely new to PHP and I'm trying to install the zip for the Windows version of PHP 7.0.11. When I extract the zip, Norton Security Suite starts removing many dlls. I downloaded the zip from http://windows.php.net/download/ and checked the SHA1. Are any additional precautions I should take before I exclude the directory where the package will be extracted from Norton scans?

Upvotes: -1

Views: 229

Answers (1)

codelock
codelock

Reputation: 780

You are downloading a package from the official website of an established well known and reputable piece of software:

They do not have motivation to install a virus in your machine.

So unless someone hacked into php.net and have replaced the original package with a virus or a Trojan horse - I wouldn't be too worried.

Sometime an antivirus software might detect some files as a threat because it follows a specific pattern used by the antivirus software to detect suspicious files - it does not always mean that the file in question is a real threat.

Hope it helps a bit

Upvotes: 0

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