[Opensim-dev] Virus alerts when downloading source from SVN

[Olli Aro]

Ok, thanks for this. I turned my scanner off and downloaded the source ok,
so I have a copy now.

 

However, I am infected with a virus called OpenSim!! The project looks great
and is very addictive, so I must be infected :-)

 

Regards,

 

Olli 

 

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[mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Impalah
Sent: 23 January 2009 15:50
To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Virus alerts when downloading source from SVN

 

Forget the warnings or add the opensim folder to the .exceptions". It isn't
for the source code but for the included libraries: any library that "opens"
a tcp/udp socket is treated as a virus.

I had the same problem three weeks ago, and after doing a simple test
creating a http .NET server it was detected as a virus so... maybe the
"heuristic algorythms" used for the antivirus are too much "heuristic".

Oh... and some PHP extensions and Apache modules are "virus" too, even some
original printer drivers.

Greetings



2009/1/23 Justin Clark-Casey <jjustincc at googlemail.com>

Olli Aro wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I am trying to download trunk from SVN for the source code, but my anti
> virus keeps popping up. Apparently the following files are infected with
> Generic.Botget.43BB545D:
>
>
>
> runprebuild.bat
>
> \.svn\tmp\text-base\runprebuild2008.bat.svn-base
>
>
>
> Should I just ignore the virus scan or is the SVN repository genuinely
> infected?
>

You should be able to ignore these warnings since those are just text files.

(DISCLAIMER: I am not response if your machine is subsequently infected with
the OpenSim virus :)

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