[Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] nircmd flagged as a virus

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Frank

Its a false positive by your virus checker. Nircmd is legitimate software.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

Regards

Tim

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Giuseppe Sucameli <brush.tyler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> I think would be better ask this kind of questions on the developer ML.
> Cheers.
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Frank Sokolic <sokolic at worldonline.co.za>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> When using the Windows installer for QGIS 1.6 the shortcuts that are
>> generated use nircmd.exe to execute a batch file called qgis.bat, which in
>> turn loads and runs QGIS. However, I've noticed that some Windows anti-virus
>> programs flag nircmd.exe as a virus and prevent the QGIS shortcuts from
>> working. This can cause alarm amongst new users of QGIS and I've had people
>> tell me they "don't trust Quantum GIS because it is a virus".
>>
>> What is the reason for using nircmd? Would it not be better to run the
>> batch file directly instead of running it via nircmd?
>>
>> Frank.
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>
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