# Debug My Application **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started\ **Created:** [July 2, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665 "2014-07-02T19:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Larry\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Larry_Lester)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665/1 "2014-07-02T19:36:25Z")
I have Real Studio but I have not used it for a couple of years. I wanted to go to the forum to ask a question and I was at XOJO. Is this Real Studio? Did someone called XOJO buy them out or did Real Studio just do a name change? I tried to make a change in a program and I received a message from Norton/Symantec that Debug MY Application is a Trojan Horse. Threat name was Sonar.Heuristic.120 Is there a problem? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Hare](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/tim_hare/32/176_2.png) [@Tim\_Hare](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Tim_Hare)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665/2 "2014-07-02T19:52:17Z")
Xojo changed their name. And that is a false positive. It is safe to make an exception in your anti-virus for Xojo apps. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Lefebvre](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/paul_lefebvre/32/3152_2.png) [@Paul\_Lefebvre](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Paul_Lefebvre)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665/3 "2014-07-02T20:57:16Z")
We changed our name about a year ago. Here is the announcement: [http://www.realsoftwareblog.com/2013/06/real-studio-is-now-xojo.html](http://www.realsoftwareblog.com/2013/06/real-studio-is-now-xojo.html) Norton has been know to give false positives from time to time. It will likely go away with the next update that gets downloaded. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@Eric\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eric_Brown)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665/4 "2014-07-02T21:08:06Z")
‘Heuristic’… anytime you see that in any virus scanner/guard notification, then it is very likely to be a false notification. Today’s A/V’s use what they believe as ‘smart’ detection capabilities, which look for ‘suspicious’ activities that they think may be a virus or trojan that IS NOT YET entered into their detection database. Problem is, there are a thousand legitimate reasons why a new application may open a port, or any other activity the scanner/guard determines COULD be unsafe. Best thing to do is just disable ‘Heuristic’ scanning. I know some people will believe they’re less safe from doing this, but there’s no guarantees that having this enabled that you will catch viruses or trojans that aren’t yet in a database, nor is it guaranteed (obviously) that it won’t generate false alarms. With my experience, it has only come up on software that I know doesn’t contain a virus. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Meisner](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/gary_meisner/32/624_2.png) [@Gary\_Meisner](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Gary_Meisner)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665/5 "2014-07-02T21:57:06Z")
Re Sonar.Heuristic.120 problem, I think I successfully got around this by doing the following: Launch Norton Security Suite Click on the Settings tab at the top Click on Antivirus icon Click on the Scans and Risks tab Click on +Configure on the line that says "Items to Exclude from Auto-Protect, SONAR and download intelligence Detection. Click on the Add button. Select Add - Folders and add the Xojo folder in the C:\Program\_Files(x86)\Xojo folder and your folder with your Xojo projects. Select Apply and make the changes permanent If that doesn’t do it, also go to the Antivirus icon / Automatic Protection tab and turn off Sonar Protection or at least set Remove Risks Automatically to “Ask me.” Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Larry\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Larry_Lester)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665/6 "2014-07-02T22:06:19Z")
Thanks to all of you for your help. I have made the recommended changes to Norton/Symantec and will try it out. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/debug-my-application/17665/7 "2020-10-29T17:18:16Z")