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From:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:37:51 +0000
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Subject:	Re: virus in g++
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DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
 
> http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/bugs/show.cgi?000257
> 
> When Created: 11/09/1998 10:00:26
> Against DJGPP version: 2.01
> By whom: ewj AT ix DOT netcom DOT com
> Abstract: virus PCBB.3072.C detected by virus sweep in v2gnu/gcc281b.zip & lgp281b
> 
> I found virus PCBB.3072.C detected by virus sweep in v2gnu/gcc281b.zip & 
> lgp281b in two ftp sites, simtel and dec.  The virus was reported as 
> unremovable.  I am at odds as to how to go forward and acquire a clean copy.
> My own system was recently destroyed by an extremely nasty virus.  I wish
> everyone only the best here.

My copy from Simtelnet doesn't look infected. This looks like a false alarm 
triggered by some routine inside the binaries.
Of course I did a simple check, not studied the code, but the entry point is 
inside the stub, the COFF header looks ok, etc.
What antivirus is reporting it? does anybody know it?

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