Hi Frank Its a false positive by your virus checker. Nircmd is legitimate software.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html Regards Tim On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Giuseppe Sucameli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Frank, > I think would be better ask this kind of questions on the developer ML. > Cheers. > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Frank Sokolic <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> When using the Windows installer for QGIS 1.6 the shortcuts that are >> generated use nircmd.exe to execute a batch file called qgis.bat, which in >> turn loads and runs QGIS. However, I've noticed that some Windows anti-virus >> programs flag nircmd.exe as a virus and prevent the QGIS shortcuts from >> working. This can cause alarm amongst new users of QGIS and I've had people >> tell me they "don't trust Quantum GIS because it is a virus". >> >> What is the reason for using nircmd? Would it not be better to run the >> batch file directly instead of running it via nircmd? >> >> Frank. >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > -- > Giuseppe Sucameli > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
