From: Peter Hickman <peter@...>
Date: 2002-02-14T18:47:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Virus in Ruby-165-2 Win installer???

Stephan K�mper wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I just got the following virus warning when I tried to run a Ruby program:
>
>    Virus name: Backdoor.EggHead
>    File:  C:\ruby\bin\cygwin1.dll
>
>Checking ruby-165-2.exe doesn't reveal anything, but trying to run the
>installer results in a virus warnig.
>
>'Redownloading' the installer (from http://198.4.155.125/downloads/files/  )
>didn't help either.
>
>Has anybody else experienced this? 
>If so it may be a good idea to virrus check the exe file on 198.4.155.125...
>Dave, Andy do you  have an idea what I could do now?
>
>Is there anyone out there with a non-infected version of the installer? 
>(I'd really _love_ to continue rubying!)
>
>Best wishes from sunny (!) ;-) Hamburg, Germany
>
>Stephan
>
What antivirus software are you using and is it up to date.

I've had no problems with this install.