ElasticSearch.Net dll quarantine from Antivirus - WS.Reputation.1

Question

Symantec Antivirus quarantines the ElasticSearch.Net dll and brings the web application down as access denied error is raised.

ElasticSearch.NET Version : 2.3.1

Symantec Version : 12.1.6

I have added in exceptions however I need to know why elasticsearch dlls are quarantined.

Answer 1

You can report this false positive to Symantec to have it properly resolved:

https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive/

Answer 2

if you are sure about this dll, restore it from the quarantine, and white list it. Or you can reload elasticsearch from a trusted server.