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

[Brian Tieman]

Andrew,

Thanks! I just forced an update so hopefully this will fix it.

The virus scan deleted the install file.  The working AG setup was left 
alone.

Brian

Andrew Patrick wrote:

> I just found a note stating that this had been fixed in the 4512 
> definition file, so make sure you update ASAP.
>
> Andrew Patrick wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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>> Brian Tieman wrote:
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>>> 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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