Inventor wrote:
Hi, this question may be a bit off-topic but I do not know where to
ask and you've all been so helpful with my questions about the program
itself. To distribute the program I zip up the Perl source file with
some other text files by first using tar -cf filename.tar *, then gzip
filename.tar, then renaming filename.tar.gz to filename.tgz. I put
that on my web site and there have been complaints that their virus
checking software flags it as containing a virus.
I am working on a non-intel Mac so there is little chance of a real
virus, plus its only text files and i see no special characters in the
text files. Besides, both of my virus checkers find no viruses, so I
think I am virus-free. Did changing the filename mess up a checksum
or something? How do I end up with a *.tgz extension in a more kosher
way?
There are many (poor-quality) virus checkers that simply blow the whistle
at the sight of an archive file on the basis that there could be anything
at all inside it! Check with the people who have raised the problem to see
what is being flagged. If there is a real virus in there (and, like you,
I doubt if there is) then the virus checker should say something about what
it is.
Rob
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