[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
If you are genuinely asking that question! then no, it's not safe!! Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 03:22:27 -0700 Subject: [jQuery] Is jquery safe ? From: erdeveshmis...@gmail.com To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M _ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos – Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
Oh, it gives you a virus...the virus of a clean API for the DOM. Some people in comp.lang.javascript would argue that jQuery itself is a virus, but they're a bit off-kilter. Thomas On Apr 9, 6:22 am, Devesh erdeveshmis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
While i agreed with the underlying thoughts above that the question is ridiculous... I have had some members on my primary site tell me that Norton reporting jquery.js as a dangerous file But that's Norton's fault, not jQuery's by any means On Apr 9, 9:10 am, Thomas Allen thomasmal...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, it gives you a virus...the virus of a clean API for the DOM. Some people in comp.lang.javascript would argue that jQuery itself is a virus, but they're a bit off-kilter. Thomas On Apr 9, 6:22 am, Devesh erdeveshmis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
Confirmed, it's safe. You can be sure that the jQuery source on Google AJAX Libraries API's is safe as they will do a independent review before posting if you still don't trust that jQuery is virus free. http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/ Ralph On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:34 AM, MorningZ morni...@gmail.com wrote: While i agreed with the underlying thoughts above that the question is ridiculous... I have had some members on my primary site tell me that Norton reporting jquery.js as a dangerous file But that's Norton's fault, not jQuery's by any means On Apr 9, 9:10 am, Thomas Allen thomasmal...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, it gives you a virus...the virus of a clean API for the DOM. Some people in comp.lang.javascript would argue that jQuery itself is a virus, but they're a bit off-kilter. Thomas On Apr 9, 6:22 am, Devesh erdeveshmis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
if you're not 100% confident in it you can just link to the google APIs link in your HTML files... script type=text/javascript src=http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/ libs/jquery/1.3.1/jquery.min.js/script where did you get your suspect copy of jquery? i guess it's possible there are some dodgy files packaged up as jquery kicking around the darkest corners of the internet, but javascript isn't really the ideal language to write a trojan in ;) On Apr 9, 11:22 am, Devesh erdeveshmis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
Why am I picturing John Resig with a gaping hole in his tooth? On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Devesh erdeveshmis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
No, it's not a trojan. The alert you are probably getting about it is a false positive. The only AV company I have seen this caused by is Comodo because it uses a very advanced heuristics application approach to finding viruses and trojans in the wild preventing them before they are even aware they are there and some newer versions of Norton which has recently started to advance in the area of Advance Heuristics. You can confirm it is not a threat yourself by emailing the file you downloaded that it is reporting to avl...@comodo.com or virus_resea...@avertlabs.com; simply pack the files and email it off. If you plan to email it to Avertlabs then please make sure you password the zip with the password infected (without quotes ofcourse). Avert will do an automatic submission and test it automatically and email you back if no threat is found, if it's engine is wigging out on the threat-o-metre then it will be elevated and take upto a week, but either way, in short, no, JQuery is not a trojan. Mcafee: http://vil.nai.com/vil/submit-sample.aspx Norton: http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/submitsamples.jsp Comodo: avl...@comodo.com -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devesh Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:22 AM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Is jquery safe ? Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
Right. That happens on occasion with packed minified versions of jQuery. Rey.. MorningZ wrote: While i agreed with the underlying thoughts above that the question is ridiculous... I have had some members on my primary site tell me that Norton reporting jquery.js as a dangerous file But that's Norton's fault, not jQuery's by any means On Apr 9, 9:10 am, Thomas Allen thomasmal...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, it gives you a virus...the virus of a clean API for the DOM. Some people in comp.lang.javascript would argue that jQuery itself is a virus, but they're a bit off-kilter. Thomas On Apr 9, 6:22 am, Devesh erdeveshmis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
One other note. Please only download jQuery from the official site or use the version hosted on Google's CDN. Here are the official site links: http://jquery.com/ http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/ http://jqueryui.com/ (for the jQuery UI library) http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/ Downloading jQuery from any site other than the ones listed above is not recommended as we can't guarantee the validity of the code. Rey jQuery Project Team Devesh wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
Hi Devesh, I'm not sure if you're concerned because your virus scanner reported something or because you'd like to have some assurances that what you're downloading is legitimate. I'll address both just in case. 1) Virus Scanner Reported Something: In some instances, anti-virus programs have reported a false positive on packed versions of various libraries in jQuery. It's definitely a false positive and not a virus in any way. 2) The jQuery downloads are basically text files that we manage the project has been active for 3 years now. We have a tremendous number of large scale users leveraging jQuery so you can rest assured you're in good company. You can see a list of them here: http://docs.jquery.com/Sites_Using_jQuery As Ralph mentioned, the fact that Google hosts the jQuery library on their CDN is a good indicator of the safety level of the library. In terms of viruses jQuery, you should be fine. If you're concerned about downloading it from our site or using the Google hosted version, please feel free to download the code and create your own version of it. This will give you the best level of control over the build process: http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery#Subversion_.28SVN.29 We want you to enjoy your experience with jQuery and provide the best option available for your usage. Best, Rey jQuery Project Team Devesh wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
[jQuery] Re: Is jquery safe ?
Devesh, Here are some official responses to hopefully help in the next search to see if jQuery is safe: From my blog: http://ralphwhitbeck.com/2009/04/09/IsJQuerySafe.aspx From Rey Bango's blog: http://blog.reybango.com/2009/04/09/is-jquery-safe/ I hope this confirms that the team takes jQuery's safety seriously and we want to ensure that people are comfortable with it's use. Thanks, Ralph On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Rey Bango r...@reybango.com wrote: Hi Devesh, I'm not sure if you're concerned because your virus scanner reported something or because you'd like to have some assurances that what you're downloading is legitimate. I'll address both just in case. 1) Virus Scanner Reported Something: In some instances, anti-virus programs have reported a false positive on packed versions of various libraries in jQuery. It's definitely a false positive and not a virus in any way. 2) The jQuery downloads are basically text files that we manage the project has been active for 3 years now. We have a tremendous number of large scale users leveraging jQuery so you can rest assured you're in good company. You can see a list of them here: http://docs.jquery.com/Sites_Using_jQuery As Ralph mentioned, the fact that Google hosts the jQuery library on their CDN is a good indicator of the safety level of the library. In terms of viruses jQuery, you should be fine. If you're concerned about downloading it from our site or using the Google hosted version, please feel free to download the code and create your own version of it. This will give you the best level of control over the build process: http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery#Subversion_.28SVN.29 We want you to enjoy your experience with jQuery and provide the best option available for your usage. Best, Rey jQuery Project Team Devesh wrote: Hi, I am using the latest version of jquery. I want to confirm that is there any type virus or trozan with the latest version of jquery. I have searched it on google a lot, but not able to find any exact answer. Please confirm me. Thanks Devesh M
