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Mats.E

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my brevity. 

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> Från: Mats Elfström <[email protected]>
> Datum: 28 januari 2016 14:57:47 CET
> Till: Matthias Kuhn <[email protected]>
> 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 <[email protected]>:
>> 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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