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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1365
           Summary: File conftest.exe from pcre-8.33.zip is identified as a
                    trojan virus
           Product: PCRE
           Version: 8.33
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: security
          Priority: medium
         Component: Code
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]
                CC: [email protected], [email protected]


Created an attachment (id=636)
 --> (http://bugs.exim.org/attachment.cgi?id=636)
screenshot of detection

File: pcre-8.33.zip
File reported as virus: conftest.exe
URL: ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-8.33.zip
Date and time of download: Thursday 6.6.2013 2 PM GMT-2
Operating system: Windows 7
Compiler: MinGW

During installation, "F-Secure Client Security" virus scanner reports a Trojan
virus is found. The name of the virus is "Trojan.Generic.7617015" and the
description says it has not passed a generic virus test.

Is this a virus or a property of the exe-file compiled?

A screenshot of the found is attached and a checksum of the file is:

$ openssl md5 pcre-8.33.zip
MD5(pcre-8.33.zip)= b41c0e6205293b3aa2fa1e573ab66737

Jouni L.


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