On 2018-05-20, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > version: GVim 8.1.1 > > > > `uninstall-gui.exe` is extracted from [gvim_8.1.0001_x86.exe](https:// > github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases/download/v8.1.0001/ > gvim_8.1.0001_x86.exe). and it has been detected as a virus recently: > > > >  > > > > Kaspersky reported a Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Agent.gen in `uninstall-gui.exe` > after installing gvim 8.1. > > I checked with Avira and it didn't see a problem. Most likely a bogus > warning. The size of the file is 45'424 bytes.
I ran into this problem when running gvim_8.1.0031_x86.exe obtained from https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases. The corporate IT watchdog program said that uninstall-gui.exe was on its list of unsafe programs and refused to run it. The installer itself proceeded as though the uninstaller had been run successfully. This is the first update to 8.1 I've tried since installing 8.1.1 so it's the first time I've run the 8.1 uninstaller. When the installer continued with the actual installation process and presented the list of optional items to install, I unchecked the desktop icons, startup menu and context menu items since they had already been installed by the original installer, had not been uninstalled, and because I was concerned about installing any of those twice. The update to 8.1.31 seems to have been successful. Is this an OK workaround to the bogus virus detection problem? Am I missing anything important by not running uninstall-gui.exe? Regards, Gary -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
