Message-ID: <364A8258.D8725F1E@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:38:16 -0800
From: Earle Jennings <ewj AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
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To: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: virus in g++
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Hello,
    I appreciate the care and passion for quality by which all of you have collectively
built and maintained this fine set of tool I have used for years.  I am recovering my
systems from a devastating virus which took out the motherboards and hard disks of my
home systems.  I am using several virus scanning software tools.  The one which detected
this virus is virusweep v. 1.0 by quarterdeck.
Earle Jennings

Andris Pavenis wrote:

> On 10 Nov 98, at 11:22, DJ Delorie 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.
>
> Scanned by multiple scanners system that were used to build gcc-2.8.1
> in June and October (even if I don't believe there can be something):
>         f-prot  3.03,
>         drweb32 4.03 beta,
>       Norton Antivirus 4.0 with this months virus data files
>       scan 3.1.9
>
> Nothing was found except one rather unrelated unrelated false alarm with
> drweb (but that file was never run anyway: beta version of IBMBIO.COM from
> Caldera OpenDOS)
>
> So seems that gcc281b.zip and lgp2811b.zip should be clean. However
> it is necessary to know which scanner were used when this alarm were
> generated. If this is false alarm perhaps authors of scanner should be
> informed.
>
> Andris