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MySQL-python-1.2.3.win32-py2.7.msi virus?

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jholliday
2012-09-19
2013-07-17
  • jholliday

    jholliday - 2012-09-19

    I downloaded MySQL-python-1.2.3.win32-py2.7.msi from Sourceforge yesterday but
    AVG Free 2012 reported that it contained a "Potentially harmful program"
    Exploit.EBK. Does anyone know whether this is a real problem or a false
    positive?

    Thanks.

     
  • Andy Dustman

    Andy Dustman - 2012-09-19

    Almost certainly a false positive. I've re-checked the file with Microsoft
    Security Essentials and Webroot SecureAnywhere, and it comes up clean on both.
    AVG's site does say very muchabout what Exploit.EBK actually is. My guess it
    is complaining about it being an unsigned MSI.

    If you'd rather build it yourself... Install Visual Studio 2008 (required by
    python.org Python builds, 2010 and later will not work for this purpose) and
    MySQL Connector/C (from mysql.com), and the current SVN code in branch
    MySQLdb-1.2, and run setup.py bdist_msi

     
  • Andy Dustman

    Andy Dustman - 2012-09-19

    That should read, AVG's site des not say much about what Exploit.EBK
    actually is.

     
  • jholliday

    jholliday - 2012-09-19

    Thanks for the quick reply, I couldn't find any info about it when I looked
    either. I'll try the build as you suggest.

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2013-07-17

    Good suggestion !

     

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