Tell HN: Ycombinator.com Blacklisted by Norton

This happened to a site I managed a while ago. The cause was a comment a user posted that was flagged as a &quot;batch virus&quot;. The content of the comment was all text, along the lines of<p><pre><code> @echo off echo &quot;Speeding up your PC!&quot; delete c:\Windows\system32\ </code></pre> Thanks Norton!

You can submit it to get whitelisted here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;submit.symantec.com&#x2F;false_positive&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;submit.symantec.com&#x2F;false_positive&#x2F;</a>

It&#x27;s a gathering point for <i>hackers</i> - of course it would be flagged.<p>&#x2F;s

Just got an email from Norton saying they have resolved the issue.<p>Email: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;2WwXf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;2WwXf</a>

Probably a Cloudflare IP got flagged then switched to serving YC traffic

Is this still happening to anybody? I am with Cloudflare and will escalate if still a problem.

This is what we get for repeatedly making fun of Symantec

Hopefully the bureaucracy to get removed from the blacklist is not as bad as with other vendors.

All the listed threats are formulaformillionaires.com links, which is odd.

How did you got this warning, what Norton product are you using?

I&#x27;ve got this warning too.

got a warning notice from my antivirus (Norton). what&#x27;s up?

Something to do with Peter Thiel?