[AG-TECH]Virus in AGTk-2.3-Py-2.3.exe?
Andrew Patrick
Andrew.Patrick at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Mon Jun 13 10:39:11 CDT 2005
I also had problems this weekend with McAfee deleting known, long-installed
programs with the same Generic BackDoor.dr claims, but it has not touched my AG
install yet.
Brian Tieman wrote:
> My virus checker McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0 just deleted all my
> copies of the AGTk install packages. The checker is claiming a virus
> detected as "GenericBackDoor.dr" was detected and so deleted the files.
>
> I've had these files for months now and am reasonably certain there are
> no true viruses in them (at least I hope there aren't--I installed them
> in a lot of places!). I'm guessing my checker just updated itself with
> a new signature file which contained something found in the
> AGKt-2.3-Py-2.3.exe file it didn't like.
>
> Anyone else see this? The virus scanner is controlled by IT and I can't
> turn it off--is there a work around for this problem? Anyone think I
> truely do have a virus?
>
> Thanks for the input!
>
> Brian Tieman
> Argonne National Laboratory
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