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Re: ######## Virus on your site?!?!!? ########
- To: "Erickson, Rob" <rob dot erickson at intel dot com>
- Subject: Re: ######## Virus on your site?!?!!? ########
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:08:52 -0400
- cc: "'gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org'" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
>>>>> "Erickson, Rob" writes:
Rob> After downloading the file:
Rob> ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-2.95.2/gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz
Rob> My McAfee Virus Scan 4.5.0 (with definition files 4.0.4139) for Windows 2K
Rob> reported that the file contained a Virus.
Rob> Can you please look into this quickly? Thank you.
McAfee Virus Scan v4.5.0 reports finding a virus in various
tar.gz files. There is no virus. This is a false alarm and known problem
with the virus scanning software. A string of characters in tar.gz files
can match a virus signature.
David