Comments on: Death to open source by virus scan http://jprogrammer.net/2005/11/17/death-to-open-source-by-virus-scan/ The Life and Programming of Cameron Crothers Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://jprogrammer.net/2005/11/17/death-to-open-source-by-virus-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-32 David Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:12:33 +0000 http://jprogrammer.profusehost.net/?p=83#comment-32 I had a similar issue with FileZilla uninstaller being detected as ProcKill-DF. Although McAfee were suggesting a resolution in DAT 4630, I still had false-positives from this. Slap-dash testing yes, but not sure this is a conspiracy. If it is then maybe it works both ways, as ClamAV running under Linux detected my Windoze partition as a riddled with trojans last week! I had a similar issue with FileZilla uninstaller being detected as ProcKill-DF. Although McAfee were suggesting a resolution in DAT 4630, I still had false-positives from this. Slap-dash testing yes, but not sure this is a conspiracy. If it is then maybe it works both ways, as ClamAV running under Linux detected my Windoze partition as a riddled with trojans last week!

]]> By: themaxx.ca http://jprogrammer.net/2005/11/17/death-to-open-source-by-virus-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-31 themaxx.ca Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:46:46 +0000 http://jprogrammer.profusehost.net/?p=83#comment-31 I think that what happens is that McAfee falsely detecting the virus in the installer, which is, I assume common to the open-source software you mentioned. The problem then comes from a string in the installer that triggers the detection. Bad mistakes form McAfee, but I can hardly see any big conspiracy to rid the Windows world of open-source project ;) I think that what happens is that McAfee falsely detecting the virus in the installer, which is, I assume common to the open-source software you mentioned. The problem then comes from a string in the installer that triggers the detection.

Bad mistakes form McAfee, but I can hardly see any big conspiracy to rid the Windows world of open-source project ;)

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