VB connect to IBM i triggers Norton

[Thomas Garvey <tgarvey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If there is a better forum for this memo, please advise.

We have a Visual Basic developer testing a VB program which needs to 
connect to our IBM i.  Once connected, this VB program will simply call 
a stored procedure on our box, which retrieves a value indicating 
authority is passed, or not.
The program causes Norton to flag the program with SONAR.Heuristic.120, 
and deletes the VB executable, and forces a PC restart.

The developer has narrowed the problem down to a single line of code, 
which connects to the iSeries host.

cnHost.open()

Here's what the developer is telling me...

/I have defined cnHost as a variable instantiated to Microsoft's' ODBC 
Connection class within ADO.Net. The other class available from 
Microsoft is the OLEDB class. Both are similar. I tried both. There is 
no other way to connect to the iSeries Host except by the OPEN - 
regardless of the ADO.Net class being used and regardless of the 
programming platform being used (VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP.Net etc.) and 
regardless of the database (SQLServer, Oracle, DB2, Access, etc.). 
There's just no getting around this.//
/


So, why is Norton stopping us?  Is there something else we need to do?



Best Regards,

Thomas Garvey
Corporate Scientist
Unbeaten Path International
630-462-3991
/www.unpath.com <http://www.unpath.com/>/

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