From: Jose Augusto <jasaugusto@...>
Date: 2006-11-07T00:15:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Virus alert when compiling ruby stable 2006-11-05 with mingw

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In fact the avirus version i'm running is free :-)

Nevertheless, the conftest.exe file is transient (gets deleted after
./configure ends) and it triggers
the template for that virus.

Last version of Ruby I had compiled (not more than 2 or 3 weeks ago)
didn't trigger the avirus, which makes me conclude that
it now happens as a consequence of recent modifications in
./configure (?) perhaps... or in the source.

Kind Regards

JA

On 11/6/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
>
> On Nov 5, 2006, at 5:30 PM, Jose Augusto wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is my 'first time' in this mailing list, although I use Ruby
> > since
> > quite a few years...
> >
> > When compiling last stable (2006-11-05 version), with MinGw on
> > windows, my
> > avira anti-virus
> > complains that conftest.exe (created during the ./configure step)
> > has the
> > Trojan horse TR/Shutdown.F
> >
> > I ignore the warnings, and in the end it compiles OK. Sorry to send
> > this
> > info to all the list but I hope it gets the 'right' person ;-)
>
> You should send this email to your anti-virus software vendor.  I
> doubt that they read the ruby-talk mailing list.
>
> --
> Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net
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