Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 09:42:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: RE: Download site (aka: virus) (fwd)
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For everybody's information: we have been cleared of all fault!!

> From: "Coarsey, John B." <CoarJB AT jea DOT com>
> Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 15:50:44 -0400 
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> For your information, I will let you decide whether this should be posted to
> the group.  Thanks
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Fore, Bea
> > Sent: 	Tuesday, May 04, 1999 3:36 PM
> > To: 	Coarsey, John B.
> > Subject: 	FW: virus
> > 
> > John,
> > 
> > It is not a real Virus.  CA is updated their signature file.  I am glad it
> > was a false alarm.
> > 
> > Thanks -- Bea
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Fore, Bea 
> > Sent:	Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:01 PM
> > To:	Coarsey, John B.
> > Subject:	RE: virus
> > 
> > I have sent a copy of the make.exe file to Cheyenne, the anti-virus
> > software vendor.  They are going to make sure it is not a virus.  I'll let
> > you know when I find out something.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Coarsey, John B. 
> > Sent:	Thursday, April 22, 1999 7:58 AM
> > To:	Fore, Bea
> > Subject:	RE: virus
> > 
> > Please let me know if this turns out to be a "REAL" virus.  If so I am
> > going to scrub Mcaffe and get Cheyanne to run at home. There will also be
> > some other surprised people to.  I am not executing any of these files
> > until we know for sure.  Thanks, John C.
> > 
> > 	----------
> > 	From: 	Fore, Bea
> > 	Sent: 	Thursday, April 22, 1999 7:28 AM
> > 	To: 	Coarsey, John B.
> > 	Subject: 	RE: virus
> > 
> > 	Thanks.  I ran Innoculan on the Test55 directory and Innoculan
> > reported it as a cold virus that it could not cure.  I was planning to
> > call CA support and ask them about this, just to be on the safe side.  
> > 
> > 	Thanks again -- Bea
> > 
> > 		-----Original Message-----
> > 		From:	Coarsey, John B. 
> > 		Sent:	Thursday, April 22, 1999 7:23 AM
> > 		To:	Fore, Bea
> > 		Subject:	Fw: virus
> > 
> > 		Please forward this our virus people.  I think there is an
> > excellent chance that Cheyanne may be at fault here.
> > 
> > 		Ole Laursen <ole_laursen AT hardworking DOT dk> wrote in message
> > <JOpT2.1210$F7 DOT 21575 AT news020 DOT image DOT dk>...
> > 		>Many virus scanners think the stub *is* a virus, because it
> > does
> > 		>virus-like things.  Check with other virus scanners, and if
> > none of
> > 		>them show a virus, and Inoculan shows all DJGPP programs
> > are a virus
> > 		>but no other programs are, then I'd say Inoculan is broken.
> > 
> > 		Might I add to this story of cold-virus (aaahtju!;-) that
> > almost all programs compiled with djgpp are reported by the latest
> > Inoculan update to contain the cold3927 virus, not only those shipped with
> > the distribution. So it must be Inoculan's fault.
> > 
> > 		It would probably be a good idea if someone (else than me,
> > my ISP's webserver is down for the time being) sent CAI a report.
> > 
> > 		Have a nice evening!
> > 
> > 		Ole Laursen 
> > 		Aalborg, Denmark
> > 
> > 		----------
> > 
> > 
> > 
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