Re: [R] downloading packages and AntiVirus program

2003-06-18 Thread Uwe Ligges
RINNER Heinrich wrote: Dear R-users! I am using R 1.7.0, under Windows XP; I also have Internet Explorer 6.0.2600., 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

Re: [R] downloading packages and AntiVirus program

2003-06-18 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
I've just run that file past two different virus scanners (Sophos and Norton, both fully updated) wiht no hits. I think you can reasonably ask your sysadmins to demonstrate to you what the virus is and in which file in the zip it is. I suspect they do not check ftp downloads, so you could try

RE: [R] downloading packages and AntiVirus program

2003-06-18 Thread Ted Harding
On 18-Jun-03 RINNER Heinrich wrote: Dear R-users! I am using R 1.7.0, under Windows XP; I also have Internet Explorer 6.0.2600., 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,

Re: [R] downloading packages and AntiVirus program

2003-06-18 Thread Ott Toomet
Hi, try to download http://www.obs.ee/~siim/RODBC_1.0-3 (without .zip) and to rename it to .zip on your own computer. Perhaps it helps. Ott | Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:28:06 +0100 (BST) | From: (Ted Harding) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | On 18-Jun-03 RINNER Heinrich wrote: | Dear R-users! |