Dear R-users! I am using R 1.7.0, under Windows XP; I also have Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0000, Norton AntiVirus 7.60.926.
Our firewall seems to want to "protect" me from downloading precompiled packages for Windows. When I try to download packages, like http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/RODBC_1.0-3.zip for example, I am not allowed to and get a message like this: "The content you just requested had a problem and was blocked by the Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine based on local administrator settings." I called our network hotline, but they insisted that these files contain viruses and wouldn't let me download them. As I'm sure that not all packages on CRAN will contain viruses (!), I am asking here for support, maybe in the form of arguments like "These files definitely contain no viruses, but they may give false virus warnings because ...". Has anyone else experienced this problem? Regards, Heinrich. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
