Re: [R] R 2.12.0 - malware detect by antivirus software

2010-10-19 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Paulo Barata wrote: Dr. Murdoch and Dr. Ligges, After my contacts with Avira, it seems that the issue caused by their antivirus software (a false positive alarm) has been solved. Now I have been able to install R 2.12.0 flawlessly. Thanks for following up on this. Duncan Murdoch Thank you

Re: [R] R 2.12.0 - malware detect by antivirus software

2010-10-19 Thread Paulo Barata
Dr. Murdoch and Dr. Ligges, After my contacts with Avira, it seems that the issue caused by their antivirus software (a false positive alarm) has been solved. Now I have been able to install R 2.12.0 flawlessly. Thank you. Paulo Barata -

Re: [R] R 2.12.0 - malware detect by antivirus software

2010-10-17 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Paulo Barata wrote: Dear Dr. Murdoch, My thanks to you and to Dr. Ligges for your replies. I will do my part and will inform Avira about what happened. If possible, I will send then the R 2.12.0 installation file for their examination. As Dr. Ligges said, it is quite possible indeed that a fals

Re: [R] R 2.12.0 - malware detect by antivirus software

2010-10-17 Thread Paulo Barata
Dear Dr. Murdoch, My thanks to you and to Dr. Ligges for your replies. I will do my part and will inform Avira about what happened. If possible, I will send then the R 2.12.0 installation file for their examination. As Dr. Ligges said, it is quite possible indeed that a false positive alarm has

Re: [R] R 2.12.0 - malware detect by antivirus software

2010-10-17 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Uwe Ligges wrote: I checked with two online services which ran more than 40 different virus scanners on the file and only Avira gave a warning. Hence I assume it is a false positive with Avira and you can go on with the installation. @ Duncan as the maintainer for the binary setup installer: I

Re: [R] R 2.12.0 - malware detect by antivirus software

2010-10-17 Thread Uwe Ligges
I checked with two online services which ran more than 40 different virus scanners on the file and only Avira gave a warning. Hence I assume it is a false positive with Avira and you can go on with the installation. @ Duncan as the maintainer for the binary setup installer: It might make sense

[R] R 2.12.0 - malware detect by antivirus software

2010-10-17 Thread Paulo Barata
Dear R-list members, I have just downloaded R 2.12.0 for Windows. When installing, my antivirus software detected some malware during the installation process. I use Windows XP SP3. My antivirus software is Avira Premium Security Suite, product version 10.0.0.542 (19/4/2010), search engine 8.02