# Norton Antivirus updated and tried to quarantine julia/juliaup (IDP.Generic)

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**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/norton-antivirus-updated-and-tried-to-quarantine-julia-juliaup-idp-generic/124373 "2025-01-02T14:22:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/norton-antivirus-updated-and-tried-to-quarantine-julia-juliaup-idp-generic/124373/1 "2025-01-02T14:22:51Z")

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Not about Julia itself I don’t think, but Norton Antivirus’ recent update is trying to quarantine it

> julia (IDP.Generic) detected by Behavioral Protection

> Please restart your PC to move juliaup.exe to your Quarantine

The commands are consequently glitchy at the moment. From what I could Google, I think IDP.Generic is a generic name for detected malware-like behavior and is often a false positive, what on earth could that be? I didn’t download any packages since the antivirus update, it’s actually an attempt to update Accessors that triggered this. As for practical fixes, can I reliably unquarantine anything Julia downloaded the recommended ways? Is it a sign to end my family’s 20-year Norton subscription?