>could this be an intentional attack to compromise a very popular download, and >infect thousands of people.....what could be the motivations...i hope its not >some corporate thug here
No. False positives are relatively common. What exactly does the Win32/Adclicker.JO trojan do ??? Ajay www.decisionstats.com www.iwannacrib.com On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave DeBarr wrote: >> >> I tried downloading R-2.7.2 >> (http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base/R-2.7.2-win32.exe, >> both from Berkeley and cran) and both times I got a warning from >> Computer Associates eTrust Antivirus (version 7.1.710) that the >> Win32/Adclicker.JO trojan was >> detected: >> The Win32/Adclicker.JO was detected in >> C:\USERS\USER\APPDATA\LOCAL\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET >> FILES\LOW\CONTENT.IE5\61HAYRTG\R-2.7.2-WIN32[1].EXE. >> >> Has anyone else seen this? > > You're the first to report it, and 2.7.2 has been out for almost a > month, so I think it's likely that the CRAN copy is uninfected. Did > you check the md5 checksum on it? It matches on the original, so if > it doesn't match at your end, you've got a bad download. > > If it matches and you still get the virus checker reporting, please > let me know the details about that infection, and I'll try to do a > manual inspection for it. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Regards, Ajay Ohri http://tinyurl.com/liajayohri ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the=2...{{dropped:22}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
