Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:30:39 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Glenda Begeman wrote:

> We have had  DJGPP on our server since 8/1/98.  Our Inoculan 4.0 is
> updated automatically each month.  Since the last update (4/17/99) I
> have been getting virus warnings for only this software.

The latest binaries of ported GNU software, including the compiler, 
Binutils, Make, and others, were uploaded in last November or even 
earlier.  It seems improbable that it would take so long for the virus to 
get known to the vendors of anti-virus software.  These programs saw a 
lot of use since the release, with no visible problems reported by anyone.

Just in case, I ran the latest DOS scanner I have (whose data files were 
released months after the binaries) and didn't see any warnings.

So I'm quite coinfident this is a false alarm.

I suggest to contact the vendor of the virus scanner and ask them to look 
into this problem.  If they need technical assistance and advice 
regarding DJGPP programs, they can send email to djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com.