Well, that's two reports in the last few hours. I'd suggest that you both be in touch with McAfee, because it sure sounds like they're doing A Bad Thing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Timothy Kearsley > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Spambayes] McAfee AntiVirus and SpamBayes > > > Hi, > > I do not know if you are aware, but McAfee AntiVirus > (Enterprise V8.0.0, > DAT V4511) appears to be identifying the SpamBayes installation > programme as a trojan. > > McAfee just deleted the SpamBayes V1.0.0 installation > programme from my > Downloads file, claiming it is a "Generic Backdoor.dr > (Trojan)". I found > this rather strange as I have been using SpamBayes for some > time (with > great success), and the installation file has been sitting on my hard > drive for some months without any problems. However, I did > update to the > latest McAfee DAT files a couple of days ago, and that > appears to when > SpamBayes was identified as a trojan. > > I attempted to download the latest release (V1.0.4) and received the > same message regarding the "Generic Backdoor.dr (Trojan)". I > do not know > how you may be able to address this problem, but I suspect > the fault may > lie with the latest McAfee virus DAT file. > > Thanks and Best Regards, > Timothy Kearsley > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
