[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-534116 ] Python-2.*.exe has virus?

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Bugs item #534116, was opened at 2002-03-23 12:42
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Category: Installation
Group: 3rd Party
Status: Closed
Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Submitted By: joth tupper (joth3)
Assigned to: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Summary: Python-2.*.exe has virus?

Initial Comment:
Two files within the Windows installation files Python-
2.2.exe and Python-2.1.2.exe downloaded from 
www.python.org show as infected with the same virus.  
I have not run the install, by the way.

GENINDEX.HTML
MODULE-XMLLIB.HTML

The files are identified as infected with VBS.NewLoveA 
according to Norton Anti-Virus v.5.01.03 for Windows 
(95/98) using (ancient) virus definitions dated 
5/18/2000.

I am currently downloading Python-2.2.exe from 
SourceForge.

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>Comment By: joth tupper (joth3)
Date: 2002-03-23 16:34

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=494718

Thanks, Tim.  I was hoping it was a false positive.
Prior to submitting the bug report, I did do a search 
for "virus" and turned up no hits.  

Were there prior postings of this NAV bug?

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Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2002-03-23 13:08

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=31435

NAV 6.10.24 on Win98 with more recent definitions detects 
no viruses.  These are plain HTML files, and don't contain 
any script (let alone VBScript), so the threat here is 
simply non-existent.  Closing this as a NAV bug (not the 
first, and won't be the last <wink>).

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