gvim-7-0-118.exe virus found??
Dear all, Just tried downloading gvim-7-0-118 from sourceforge and AVG detects there is a trojan virus. Can it be a false alarm? Ed
Re: gvim-7-0-118.exe virus found??
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:08:58PM +0800, Edward Wong wrote: Dear all, Just tried downloading gvim-7-0-118 from sourceforge and AVG detects there is a trojan virus. Can it be a false alarm? Ed Please be more specific. Can you give a link to the archive you downloaded? Or did you use CVS or SVN (and , if so, what command did you use)? HTH --Benji Fisher
Re: gvim-7-0-118.exe virus found??
On Monday 16 October 2006 15:40, Benji Fisher wrote: On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:08:58PM +0800, Edward Wong wrote: Dear all, Just tried downloading gvim-7-0-118 from sourceforge and AVG detects there is a trojan virus. Can it be a false alarm? Ed Please be more specific. Can you give a link to the archive you downloaded? Or did you use CVS or SVN (and , if so, what command did you use)? HTH --Benji Fisher The name of the viril would be good to know also...
Re: gvim-7-0-118.exe virus found??
Benji Fisher wrote: On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:08:58PM +0800, Edward Wong wrote: Dear all, Just tried downloading gvim-7-0-118 from sourceforge and AVG detects there is a trojan virus. Can it be a false alarm? Ed Please be more specific. Can you give a link to the archive you downloaded? Or did you use CVS or SVN (and , if so, what command did you use)? HTH --Benji Fisher I suspect it's Steve Hall's build for W32, which is hosted on the sourceforge servers nowadays (at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43866package_id=39721 ). If my guess is right, I would expect a false alarm, but I can't guarantee that even Steve and SourceForge are immune to virus infestation. If you want to suffer from no other viruses than your own ones, you (Edward) can compile your own Vim: it is not really hard. See my HowTo page (for Windows it's at http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm ) if you're interested. Best regards, Tony.
Re: gvim-7-0-118.exe virus found??
On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 00:13 +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Benji Fisher wrote: On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:08:58PM +0800, Edward Wong wrote: Just tried downloading gvim-7-0-118 from sourceforge and AVG detects there is a trojan virus. Can it be a false alarm? Please be more specific. Can you give a link to the archive you downloaded? Or did you use CVS or SVN (and , if so, what command did you use)? I suspect it's Steve Hall's build for W32, which is hosted on the sourceforge servers nowadays (at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43866package_id=39721 ). If my guess is right, I would expect a false alarm, but I can't guarantee that even Steve and SourceForge are immune to virus infestation. Some anti-virus software mistakenly interprets the Nullsoft installer as a virus. Just for the record, to date there have been no other reports regarding this binary (in 468 downloads), and it was created on a heavily fortified machine that reports nothing either. -- Steve Hall [ digitect dancingpaper com ]
Re: gvim-7-0-118.exe virus found??
Tony is right. I was downloading it from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43866package_id=39721 The virus is Trojan horse Downloader.Zlob.CV Today I just try other different releases, and still find the same virus in gvim-7-0-135 and gvim-7-0-110. Thanks for the instruction on compiling my own Vim. Will give it a try later when I have time. :) Ed On 10/17/06, A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benji Fisher wrote: On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:08:58PM +0800, Edward Wong wrote: Dear all, Just tried downloading gvim-7-0-118 from sourceforge and AVG detects there is a trojan virus. Can it be a false alarm? Ed Please be more specific. Can you give a link to the archive you downloaded? Or did you use CVS or SVN (and , if so, what command did you use)? HTH --Benji Fisher I suspect it's Steve Hall's build for W32, which is hosted on the sourceforge servers nowadays (at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43866package_id=39721 ). If my guess is right, I would expect a false alarm, but I can't guarantee that even Steve and SourceForge are immune to virus infestation. If you want to suffer from no other viruses than your own ones, you (Edward) can compile your own Vim: it is not really hard. See my HowTo page (for Windows it's at http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm ) if you're interested. Best regards, Tony.
