Rob Dixon wrote: > Inventor wrote: >> Hi, this question may be a bit off-topic but I do not know where to >> ask and you've all been so helpful with my questions about the program >> itself. To distribute the program I zip up the Perl source file with >> some other text files by first using tar -cf filename.tar *, then gzip >> filename.tar, then renaming filename.tar.gz to filename.tgz. I put >> that on my web site and there have been complaints that their virus >> checking software flags it as containing a virus.
> There are many (poor-quality) virus checkers that simply blow the whistle > at the sight of an archive file on the basis that there could be anything > at all inside it! Check with the people who have raised the problem to see > what is being flagged. If there is a real virus in there (and, like you, > I doubt if there is) then the virus checker should say something about what > it is. This is most likely the cause. Many AV's will refuse to download anything in an archive. Some AV's have the ability to disable this 'feature'. Also: # tar -cvzf archive.tgz /path/to/program Will give you your tgz file in one fell swoop. I wonder if your friend would be able to download the file if it had an extension of .txt or something as opposed to an archive extension. (Perhaps the AV doesn't even read into the file at all, and only unintelligently looks at the extension). Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
