Tony is right. I was downloading it from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43866&package_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=43866&package_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.

Reply via email to