[GRASS-windows] Trojan Horse in new wingrass-installer?

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Daniel Schuhmann <D.Schuhmann at unibas.ch> wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> i tried to download the new wingrass-installer ( WinGrass64-Installer
> (r40456)) from [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/]
> and my Antivirus software (Avira Antivir; Virus Definitions: 19.01.2010)
> keeps telling me, that the file contains a trojan horse called
> TR/Dropper.Gen.
>
> Does anyone know this problem or is it just a false alarm?

This is most likely a false alarm. Heise.de is monitoring the
package with 25 virus scanners, 1-3 of them (randomly) signal
virus alarm while the other 22-25 are happy:
http://www.heise.de/software/download/grass_gis/45907

Always at your own risk but we certainly don't intend to
disseminate viruses.

Best regards
Markus