Re: [h-e-w] Re: Emacs 21.1 released - MS Windows distribution available

[Jason Rumney]

Howard Melman <address@hidden> writes:

> I downloaded this to give a shot (thank's Andrew) and when I
> used WinZip on it I recieved this virus warning:
> 
>   The file e:\emacs\emacs-21.1\bin\emacs.exe is infected with
>   W95/Coke.22231 Virus.  Unable to clean the file using the current Scan
>   engine version 4.0.50 DAT version 4.0.4168.(from ABSOLUT IP
>   10.129.101.19 user BRILLIANT\howard running NetShield 2000 4.5 OAS)
> 
> I vaguely remember something about a bogus virus warning
> with some version of Emacs some time ago, is this that?  Or
> could this binary be infected?  My virus datafile is
> up-to-date but my virus checker is a bit old and certainly a
> bit flakey.  Has anyone else seen this?

There are known problems with some virus scanners and large .tar.gz
files, but I have never seen or heard of one giving a warning about a
specific virus before. Usually they give a generic warning message
saying the file is infected with an "Unknown Virus".


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Jason Rumney