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Ive played some games and run exe's on my computer, how can i get it so my executable (C++) does not get automatically deleted by norton antivirus for example, without setting norton to not delete it. At a programmer of the programs level, how can i make my program so norton doesnt take it as a threat

Send a complaint to your antivirus, but it won't do much. I learned when writing pure-assembler programs for Windows that smaller .exe files tend to get marked as viruses by most AV programs. I don't know if it's laziness on their part or they seriously expect most programs to be bloated, but they have refused to change.
As far as I know, there is no way to keep an antivirus from deleting specific files without disabling large amounts of its functionality.

The best thing the OP can do in this situation is uninstall Norton and install some anti-virus software that's actually decent and works. I've had a lot of experience with basically every single AV program on the market, and I can tell you for certain that the various incarnations of Norton's software are the worst.

There are a lot better AV programs. I personally like Microsoft Security Essentials, which is free from Microsoft. It's not hugely customisable, and might still have problems with small EXE files (I haven't checked) but it's certainly a lot better than Norton.

Just so you know, I hate Norton. I work in a computer store, and when the sales staff ordered a box of Norton products, I bought them all (personally, with most of a fortnight's pay), made them into a bonfire, and burned them. It was the only safe way of making 100% sure they couldn't get onto customer's machines. All my fellow technicians thanked me afterwards. It really is that bad.

I faced the same problem with Mcafee. Since I am only 14 my dad buys this stuff. What I did was I went offline and disabled the antivirus via ctrl+alt+delete compiled the program and backed it up on a USB. Then I restarted mcafee. I am sure there is someway of turning off norton.

P.s Why are you even using windows? I've switched to ubuntu.

Please let's not let this devolve into a Windows vs. Linux flamewar. Everybody has their reasons for using the OS they do, and a post on an Internet forum isn't going to convince them otherwise. So let's just let that go.

Agreed.

The solution, of course, is to use an antivirus program that either lets you define a whitelist ("don't touch this file"), or lets you decide what to do with a positive-candidate (including "ignore") on a case-by-case basis.