X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to; q=dns; s=default; b=fBmuPWAqD+wswKt729d5HGJwxY6xD7 4YCLrm9SPdwtMMhil/CI7V4yYUtdbO65kbrrRUK/0ds8SvfRoUVMbIS+uYPYeLTL +S9PaiW+Lnxqo8vrYUUJQKBhSthvCOl6idRr3MwPDNOCDgl5aFf0IQWIZat9knUm XuJlg1ZpM4u8U= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to; s=default; bh=aacOIHrlgJxdAsZG2btUcSbJbpw=; b=muGS GP+INRXl7CGq1Bf/SHByOaR4Lw2pYPOIC+xvcs7cfrMyxjTHvzJvnUkV0iZoMvBo u0JpgbUTpwYi+XKEps4IKeJz1bNilV8eD3vrCXutaHZA8Qvs5sgNMsZ/wn1GD71y t+Vl/+kW7iqZB+5Dl4xsOusIIKcZ2dqxVZ9GLzk= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,GIT_PATCH_2,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=hell, exclusion, H*UA:en-US, H*u:en-US X-HELO: blaine.gmane.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=c3=a9_Berber?= Subject: Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:05:41 -0600 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <1681128500 DOT 3158335 DOT 1489943990284 DOT ref AT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> <1681128500 DOT 3158335 DOT 1489943990284 AT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> <723881701 DOT 3213900 DOT 1489947507261 AT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> Reply-To: Do not reply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081209 Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.6.0 In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Back to the list, and keep it there. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Chris Johnson To: Do not reply I'm probably going to catch hell for this. Don't virus scanners in general get caught by other virus scanner because their databases have the same signatures as the viruses they look for? I don't know how to get around this other than an exclusion list. > On 3/19/2017 12:18 PM, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: > >> It bears asking to be thorough... are we sure that the cygwin package >> has not been compromised somehow? > You are correct in not taking unsubstantiated remarks as useful. > > We usually run the program in question through https://www.virustotal.com/ > > If several, reputable, scanners flag it as a virus, then its probably a > virus. > > Hope this helps. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple