[Spambayes] McAfee AntiVirus and SpamBayes

[Jesse Pelton]

Well, that's two reports in the last few hours.  I'd suggest that you
both be in touch with McAfee, because it sure sounds like they're doing
A Bad Thing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: spambayes-bounces+jsp=pkc.com at python.org 
> [mailto:spambayes-bounces+jsp=pkc.com at python.org] On Behalf 
> Of Timothy Kearsley
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:22 AM
> To: spambayes at python.org
> Subject: [Spambayes] McAfee AntiVirus and SpamBayes
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I do not know if you are aware, but McAfee AntiVirus 
> (Enterprise V8.0.0, 
> DAT V4511) appears to be identifying the SpamBayes installation 
> programme as a trojan.
> 
> McAfee just deleted the SpamBayes V1.0.0 installation 
> programme from my 
> Downloads file, claiming it is a "Generic Backdoor.dr 
> (Trojan)". I found 
> this rather strange as I have been using SpamBayes for some 
> time (with 
> great success), and the installation file has been sitting on my hard 
> drive for some months without any problems. However, I did 
> update to the 
> latest McAfee DAT files a couple of days ago, and that 
> appears to when 
> SpamBayes was identified as a trojan.
> 
> I attempted to download the latest release (V1.0.4) and received the 
> same message regarding the "Generic Backdoor.dr (Trojan)". I 
> do not know 
> how you may be able to address this problem, but I suspect 
> the fault may 
> lie with the latest McAfee virus DAT file.
> 
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Timothy Kearsley
> 
> mailto:tskears at singnet.com.sg