Code can be "restructured" to get around the Bloodhound heuristics. A while
ago I discovered a way to get around the virus detection while running code
from the Extensibility Library (code that manipulates code). If you're
interested email me privately. Email is on the website.


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"Julian" wrote in message
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I have written a macro to connect to Outlook and send emails according to a
list in a worksheet. For about a day, some of the classes and modules kept
disappearing from the workbook when I saved it. I have now tracked this
down
to Symantec Antivirus thinking my workbook had a virus and helpfully
deleting
all my hard work!

What can I do to avoid this happening? I know this is an awkward question
because this is the way many viruses work. However, Outlook has an object
model that is accessible from Excel VBA and I have a legitimate need to do
this.

Is there anything I can do in the way I write the code? Or will code
signing
help?

Thanks for any thoughts and suggestions.

Julian