mike wrote: > Just recently, my virus checker detected what it called a Trojan Horse > in the py.dll file in the python22 folder.
Sorry to come on like the Inquisition, but this _might_ be something of significance to the whole Windows Python community: When was "just recently"? Which virus checker are you using? Did it say which Trojan it had detected? Have you kept a copy of the "py.dll" file? Have you kept a copy of the virus checker's report? Was that the first time you have run that virus checker? If not when was the previous run? > Installation is version > 2.2.1 and I think that it came installed when I bought the PC in > October 2002. > > Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the py.dll file from version > 2.2.1 for Windows (XP) ? > > I looked at www.python.org and do not see a py.dll file in the > self-installation or .tgz versions of 2.2.1 that are posted. That would be because there is no file named "py.dll" in a Windows distribution of Python! You should have Python22.dll -- they all have the major/minor version numbers in the name -- and its size should be about 820Kb. You may like to keep the evidence (if you still have it) -- move the presumably bad file into a folder of its own and rename it to have some extension other than dll -- because targetting a Python installation would appear to be novel and someone may very well be interested in inspecting your file. If you have some good reason to stay with 2.2, then get the _latest_ version of that (2.2.3). Otherwise, install 2.4. Regards, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
