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From: neiled AT clara DOT net (Neil Edwards)
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Subject: Re: Virus warning for DJGPP-created program
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On Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:04:10 GMT, dob AT tempest DOT rs DOT itd DOT umich DOT edu (David
McCullough Dobson) wrote:

>I've recently had two users complain that a program I distribute (the game
>Snood) brings up a virus warning under Cheyenne Anti-Virus software.
>Reading other articles in the newsgroup here, I see that others have
>gotten this warning for DJGPP distributed files and for other programs
>compiled with DJGPP.  The virus in question is called Cold3927, although I
>have been able to find nothing about this virus anywhere on the web.
>
>As I see it, there are two possibilities:
>
>1) Some of the DJGPP files are actually infected, and programs compiled
>with DJGPP become infected as a result.
>
>2) The virus scanner is finding something that looks like the Cold3927
>virus in some of the DJGPP code or libraries, and that segment of the code
>or libraries is getting added to programs created by DJGPP.
>
>I don't detect any viruses with McAfee virus checking software, and the
>free virus checker from Cheyenne (a.k.a. Computer Associates),
>InoculateIT, doesn't detect the virus either.  This makes me think that
>the warning might be false, but I really need to be sure in order to
>continue to distribute my program.
>
>Can anybody offer any further advice?  I've just written to Computer
>Associates, and I'll post again if I get a response.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Dave


Ive donwloaded a lot of programs created with djgpp and my TBAVW virus
checker hasnever blinked. Im now trying to figure out if this is a
good or bad thing :o)

Thanks for the info though.
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