[Qgis-user] Installation of QGIS

[Matthias Kuhn]

Have a look at the description:

https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-022501-5526-99

Trojan.Gen:

Risk Level 1: Very Low

Trojan.Gen is a generic detection for many individual but varied Trojans for which specific definitions have not been created. A generic detection is used because it protects against many Trojans that share similar characteristics.

This looks like bad heuristics in the virus scanner to me and not like a problem on our side.

Unless we are provided with the details of why this "generic detection" finds an undefined (that's what  "specific definitions have not been created" translates to) trojan, the ball is on Symantec's court to be more specific about the problem.

Matthias

On 01/28/2016 02:19 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> On 28-01-16 13:59, Flemming Damgaard Christensen wrote:
> > Dear All
> >  
> > I have just tried to instal QGIS 2.12.3 instead of my previous version 2.12.
> >
> > However there seens to be some Trojan software(Trojen.Gen) in the
> > installation. It was found by Symantec virus scan
>
> Hi Flemming,
>
> Unless other people report this in upcoming hours, I think it is those
> pesky virus scanners again: Windows Virus Scanners are known to give
> false positives (Google for QGIS and Virus or Trojan).
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>
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