[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #114598] Blue Screen crash, popen, Win98, Norton Antivirus 2000

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Bug #114598, was updated on 2000-Sep-16 13:24
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Windows
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: 3rd Party
Priority: 7
Summary: Blue Screen crash, popen, Win98, Norton Antivirus 2000

Details: On Windows 98, all of the os.popen*() functions cause a hard "blue screen" crash requiring a reboot, when Nortin Antivirus 2000 is installed and enabled. (Not with Norton Antivirus version 5, not on Windows 2000.)

While this is probably a bug in Norton Antivirus 2000, and we're already warning for this on the download page, that's not enough (we've seen at least one report in the newsgroup), and it would be good if we could somehow prevent it. Even a call to Py_FatalError is better than the blue screen, and raising os.error would be a *lot* better.

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http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=114598&group_id=5470