* bug#14098: virus in emacs 24.2 binary?
@ 2013-03-30 19:39 Love Cederström
2013-03-30 21:16 ` Christopher Schmidt
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From: Love Cederström @ 2013-03-30 19:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 14098
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Hi,
my anti-virus (AVG) software reports virus in \emavs-23.2\bin\ddeclient.exe
The binaries came from: emacs-24.2-bin-i386.zip
The report was on a "generic32.uwy" trojan.
Googling told me that this has happened before, is my anti-virus software
wrong or do I need to worry?
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* bug#14098: virus in emacs 24.2 binary? 2013-03-30 19:39 bug#14098: virus in emacs 24.2 binary? Love Cederström @ 2013-03-30 21:16 ` Christopher Schmidt 2013-03-30 21:18 ` Eli Zaretskii 2013-04-03 17:34 ` Stefan Monnier 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Christopher Schmidt @ 2013-03-30 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 14098 Love Cederström <love.cederstrom@gmail.com> writes: > The report was on a "generic32.uwy" trojan. ^^^^^^^^^ > Googling told me that this has happened before, is my anti-virus > software wrong or do I need to worry? Heuristic detection of computer viruses is doomed to fail, do not rely on it at all. Christopher ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#14098: virus in emacs 24.2 binary? 2013-03-30 19:39 bug#14098: virus in emacs 24.2 binary? Love Cederström 2013-03-30 21:16 ` Christopher Schmidt @ 2013-03-30 21:18 ` Eli Zaretskii 2013-04-03 17:34 ` Stefan Monnier 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2013-03-30 21:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Love Cederström; +Cc: 14098 > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:39:28 +0100 > From: Love Cederström <love.cederstrom@gmail.com> > > my anti-virus (AVG) software reports virus in \emavs-23.2\bin\ddeclient.exe > The binaries came from: emacs-24.2-bin-i386.zip > > The report was on a "generic32.uwy" trojan. > > Googling told me that this has happened before, is my anti-virus software > wrong or do I need to worry? Your anti-virus is wrong: I was using that binary for many months with no problems at all. If your AVG and its database are up-to-date, I suggest to send the executable for analysis. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#14098: virus in emacs 24.2 binary? 2013-03-30 19:39 bug#14098: virus in emacs 24.2 binary? Love Cederström 2013-03-30 21:16 ` Christopher Schmidt 2013-03-30 21:18 ` Eli Zaretskii @ 2013-04-03 17:34 ` Stefan Monnier 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2013-04-03 17:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Love Cederström; +Cc: 14098 > Googling told me that this has happened before, is my anti-virus software > wrong or do I need to worry? You can generally assume that all anti-virus software are wrong. About pretty much everything they say. Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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