McAfee virus detection deletes valid file

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Feb 17 10:56:13 EST 2009


Ken Ray wrote:

> However there is a light at the end of the tunnel if all else fails... if
> the VBA module can be compiled into an actual DLL with Visual Basic (or the
> equivalent), then you can run a script that *calls* on the DLL to do it's
> functionality and Norton and McAfee won't block it since there's no way for
> them to know what a generic DLL call can do, so they just let it go.
> 
> See the tip here for an example of what I mean and how to call it:
>   http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/ext002.htm
> 
> If you need any help with this, Jacque, contact me offlist...

Thank you SO much Ken. I'll pass this on, and we may be talking to you. 
The glitch is (always a glitch) that my Rev app doesn't call the module, 
it doesn't even use it. The module is an add-in for Office, and the 
module in turn calls my Rev app.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



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