From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 8 13:56:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5126316A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:56:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CBE443D20 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:56:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id hB8LtVKe017290; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:55:31 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:55:31 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: RSB Message-ID: <20031208215531.GA2435@dan.emsphone.com> References: <000001c3bdc0$327673a0$0600a8c0@rsbdel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c3bdc0$327673a0$0600a8c0@rsbdel> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: avcheck-0.9.tgz X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:56:05 -0000 In the last episode (Dec 08), RSB said: > 20031108 Las Vegas Nevada 89102 USA > rsb@adsbanners.com > > Subj: avcheck-0.9.tgz > > I ran a WINDOWS Mcafee VirusScan of the FreeBSD install disk (v 4.7) > included w/ the book 'SAMS Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours' and it > identified a file on the CD, avcheck-0.9.tgz' as a virus. > > Can you provide any other information regarding this file? VirusScan should also have provided a description of the virus, which would have told you it was simply a test file for virus-scanner products. http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=98616 -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com