[Qgis-user] qgis possible malware false positive

[Frank Howell]

One issue to your IT folks findings is what software suite did they use to
scan QGIS 2.10. Some clearly have known false positives (AVG with PDF
files, for instance). Have them use several scanning suites to see if there
is a consistent signature that is being picked up. More work but better IT!

Frank

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Thomas Gratier <
osgeo.mailinglist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Although quite old, this announcement could help you demonstrate the QGIS
> code is "enough serious" for your IT folks http://www.osgeo.org/node/611
> The sponsorships (money or time) from various companies and local or
> national authorities should also help (bottom page of http://qgis.org web
> page and sponsoring page http://qgis.org/en/site/about/sponsorship.html).
>
> Cheers
>
> Thomas Gratier
>
> 2015-10-20 18:39 GMT+02:00 CYvilEng <cyvileng at gmail.com>:
>
>> I work for a state government in the US. I have been using QGIS since
>> version 2.0. I recently downloaded and installed 2.10. The folks in IT
>> informed me that qgis was showing up as possible malware and they wiped my
>> computer. Now I will begin the battle to get it back. I have seen in some
>> searches that many versions ago QGIS was showing false positives for
>> viruses. Is this still a thing that others come across? Does anybody have
>> any information that can help me convince them this program is safe to
>> install?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> CY
>>
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