[Qgis-user] Fwd: Installation of QGIS

[Mats Elfström]

Hälsning / Regards
Mats.E

Skickat från min / Sent from my iPhone, Ursäkta att jag är kortfattad / Excuse my brevity. 

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> Från: Mats Elfström <mats.elfstrom at gmail.com>
> Datum: 28 januari 2016 14:57:47 CET
> Till: Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>
> Ämne: Re: [Qgis-user] Installation of QGIS
> 
> Hi!
> I just scanned both the x86 and the x64 installers with Micrososft System Center Endpoint Protection.
> There was no virus warning.
> With most, if not all Antivirus tools, you can scan a single selected file before opening or executing it.
> So I suggest that each make such a scan and report back positive/negative virus warnings and Antivirus system.
> I agree that this is most likely a false warning.
> 
> Regards. Mats.E
> 
> 
> 
> 2016-01-28 14:31 GMT+01:00 Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>:
>> 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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