Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 18:43:21 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: hallo.exe too large, Help!
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On 30 Aug 1998, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> Fidel Ramirez (ramirez AT online DOT no) wrote:
> : Yes, I have just dowloaded djgpp, and am a beginner. Under the process I've
> : got some virus messages! Should this happen?
> 
> Only if you have a virus! Or perhaps perhaps perhaps if your
> executable became corrupted.

There's another possibility: some over-zealous anti-virus programs
mistakenly decide that DJGPP programs look suspiciously, because the
real-mode stub uses some non-conventional tricks to squeeze itself into
2KB.  We've seen these false alarms during early stage of v2.0
development.