edwardpeterson8 Posted July 14, 2022 Posted July 14, 2022 Dear Affinity, I have had Affinity Software for a very long time I like it very much. Lately every time I go to the Affinity site my Norton Anti-Virus software recognizes it as a virus. Also it is listed as a virus on other anti virus software sites. Please explain why the Affinity software is recognized as a virus by Norton Anti-Virus Software? Thanks for your help with this matter. EA Peterson Quote
Old Bruce Posted July 14, 2022 Posted July 14, 2022 I would ask Norton as well. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
walt.farrell Posted July 14, 2022 Posted July 14, 2022 2 hours ago, edwardpeterson8 said: Lately every time I go to the Affinity site my Norton Anti-Virus software recognizes it as a virus I use Norton, and it never complains about the Affinity site nor about any of the software I've downloaded from there. I think you should discuss this with Norton, as it's apparently having a problem on your system. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Kashief Posted September 24, 2022 Posted September 24, 2022 I am currently dealing with this issue with Norton Safe Web blocking the site. It’s pretty frustrating…more so because they really don’t make it simple to change the settings. Quote
Komatös Posted September 24, 2022 Posted September 24, 2022 @Kashief Deactivate Norton Software and try again! I have posted it several times in other threads. As of Windows 10, you don't need any third-party antivirus software. The detection performance of Windows Defender is equal to or better than the competitors. In the case of the Affinity programs, these are false positives. Multiple occurrences at Virustotal.com may be due to the fact that various antivirus software manufacturers use the same detection engine and the same database. Sounds funny? But it is. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
PaulEC Posted September 24, 2022 Posted September 24, 2022 FWIW, I've used Norton and Affinity together for years and never had a problem with any sort of conflict between them. I would suggest making sure that both of them (along with Windows) are kept up to date. Just a thought, but I wonder if the problem is caused by the browser used, rather than Norton itself? Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 – Windows 11 Home - Affinity Publisher, Photo & Designer, v2 (As I am a Windows user, any answers/comments I contribute may not apply to Mac or iPad.)
v_kyr Posted September 24, 2022 Posted September 24, 2022 Just scan the Affinity site with some online malware scanners instead and compare results. Quttera Sucuri Astra Security Malcare SiteGuarding VirusTotal Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
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