From: neiled AT clara DOT net (Neil Edwards) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Virus warning for DJGPP-created program Message-ID: <37240459.8070347@news.clara.net> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:04:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.8.87.228 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT clara DOT net X-Trace: nnrp2.clara.net 925041868 195.8.87.228 (Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:04:28 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:04:28 BST Lines: 45 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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. - - - - Neil Edwards Krystal Klear Mods http://www.valveworld.com/krystal/ Get Paid to surf the net: http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=BIU877