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Bill asked on 09 Nov 2015, 08:54 PM

selected .net 2 on http://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler

attached is the Symantec screen displaying the download link (<mixed characters>.cloudfront.net....). 

Symantec messages:There is strong evidence that this file is untrustworthy.  This file has been seen by hundreds of Symantec users.  Symantec has known about this file approximately 2 weeks.

 

 

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Eric Lawrence
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answered on 09 Nov 2015, 08:59 PM
Hello, Bill--

I'd recommend upgrading to antivirus software which isn't so prone to false-positives. Unfortunately, Symantec's is so poorly coded that it doesn't even recognize that Fiddler is digitally signed and used by millions of users.

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