Virus on sed.exe

Erik cygwin@stealth.demon.nl
Fri Jul 10 07:50:00 GMT 2009


Erik <cygwin <at> stealth.demon.nl> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Same problem here. eTrust Antivirus detected 106 files within my Cygwin
> directory which are 'infected' by Win32/AMalum.ZZ<xyz>. I think these are false
> positives. We have a rigorous policy concerning the security of our systems. No
> files can easily get onto our system. No other files on my system are infected
> according to eTrust Antivirus. Would be odd if only Cygwin files are infected.
> 
> I have reported this to CA (8 hours ago), but they have not responded yet.
> 
> Don't have md5sums (and can't create them anymore .
> 
> Cheers,
> Erik


Hi,

Although no report back from CA, the current Virus Signature (version
31.6.6606.0) seems to have solved the problem.
No more 'infected' files in my Cygwin install. Just have to rename back al
<filename>.0.AVB files... :-/

Cheers,
Erik




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