On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:59:33 +0200 Thomas Kratz <tpk at spirituelles-portal.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > somebody whom I sent a pdf generated with scribus told me that she > got a virus message, telling that the attachment would contain > Exploit.PDF.b.gen > > I already scanned my computer with 2 different Virus Programms and > with McAfee in the quick modus, which I just installed. Nothing was > found. In the moment McAfee is running with the long modus, but this > seems to take ages. > > But: whenever I export a pdf with scribus, an alert from McAfee pops > up that he found this virus in the file I just created and deletes > this file. > > Is there a known issue with Exploit.PDF.b.gen and Scribus? According to the Great God Google, you are getting an embedded java script in your pdf. Can you export to postscript without a warning? Can you switch off your virus checker and do an export to pdf? Can you look at the pdf file in a text editor and search for 'java'? How long ago did you install Scribus? Can you go back to a restore point to just after installing Scribus? As you are the only person to have this problem, the problem seems to be yours and yours alone. Do you have a file named 'load.exe' in your temp file? See http://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/virus/pdf_pidief.olw!exploit.html Owen
