On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 01:46:19PM +0200, Lars wrote: > Hi, > > > Thank you for your report, but this is not a bug in win32-loader. The file > > that triggers this is in fact in nsis, but it's not a bug in nsis either. > > I do not know about. > Just for the annoyance: "wasn't it shipped with win32-loader"?
What do you mean? > > You should contact the authors of Trend Micro OfficeScan explaining them > > they > > missidentified nsisdl (an nsis component) as a virus. > > I tried some minutes ago, but these ugly companies seem to try to make it very > hard for users/customers to give feedback .. So if the problem boils down to: - Software that breaks legitimate programs. - License (and lack of source code) that prevents you from fixing it. - Author that makes it very hard for users to give feedback. Then consider not using their software. > I understand that this is technically not the fault of win32-loader. > > But I also think that the problem is: > 1) hard to detect for testers: is it likely that free software people have a > non-trivial windows setup at their hands? > 2) hard to detect for windows users: reporting bugs to debian packages is not > the most trivial thing in this world > 3) not limited to "Trend Micro OfficeScan": I guess, most anti-virus programs > use similar heuristics? > 4) severe: I guess, most windows users have at least one anti-virus program > installed - they will have a hard time to get the program running > > Since I just like win32-loader, but I am not soooo much interested, I decided > to > not take the effort and report this to the anti-virus manufacturer. Besides > that: a similar effort is necessary for other anti-virus suppliers, too. So I > felt like wasting my time by talking to just one of them. > > Sorry - I just wanted to inform you about the issue (due to my guessing, that > reports for this problem would be rare). > If you decide, that this is not an issue for win32-loader, then it will be > that > way ... Of course it is a problem, but I don't see anything we can do in win32-loader (well, actually nsis) about it. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
