[AG-TECH]Virus in AGTk-2.3-Py-2.3.exe?

[Andrew Patrick]

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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