Even without the code it is possible to do basic checks. I ran the
strings took across the exe this morning and couldn't see anything out
of the ordinary. However while it is a .net app it doesn't work under
mono.

On 14/10/2009, Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 05:07:18PM -0400, Andrey Fedorov wrote:
>> Uhoh, I hope you guys are at least running antivirus as you run exe's you
>> downloaded online?
>
> Even a good antivirus program won't help if the downloaded exe grabs your
> Google Wave username and password and automatically sends it to the author.
>
> Not that I am suggesting that is what this program does, but since we don't
> have the source code available (yet), who knows?
>
> Even if this project is legitimate, other similar projects may not be.
>
> (similar concerns also apply when typing in username & password information
> in
> waves that have untrusted robots)
> --
> Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au>
>
> >
>

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