Nullsoft Scriptable Install System

Tracker: Bugs

5 FontName plugin maybe harmful - ID: 2870507

Last Update: Settings changed ( kichik )

Details:

Outpost firewall blocked the FontName.dll and said:

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Name: Renos
Type: Malware

Description:
Does not threaten computers directly, but can be used to create viruses or
Trojans, or to carry out illegal activities such as DoS attacks and
breaking into other computers.

Files:
c:\program files\nsis\plugins\fontname.dll

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This is a really farmful object or a false alarm?

Submitted:

Nobody/Anonymous ( nobody ) - 2009-09-30 06:16

Priority:

Status:

Closed

Resolution:

Invalid

Assigned:

Amir Szekely

Category:

Plugin

Group:

None

Visibility:

Public

Comments ( 2 )

Date: 2009-10-02 11:37 Sender: kichik False positive. Notify Output so they can fix this.
Date: 2009-09-30 14:25 Sender: anders_k That is a third party plugin and not part of the official package, you can give feedback @ http://nsis.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:FontName_plug-in&action=edit&redlink=1 I'm assuming you got this plugin from http://nsis.sourceforge.net/FontName_plug-in , the archive listed there includes source and everything so I can't imagine that this is anything other than a false positive. You should report this as a false positive to your firewall vendor.

Date: 2009-10-02 11:37
Sender: kichik

False positive. Notify Output so they can fix this.

Date: 2009-09-30 14:25
Sender: anders_k

That is a third party plugin and not part of the official package, you can
give feedback @
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:FontName_plug-in&action=edit&redlink=1

I'm assuming you got this plugin from
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/FontName_plug-in , the archive listed there
includes source and everything so I can't imagine that this is anything
other than a false positive. You should report this as a false positive to
your firewall vendor.

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Field	Old Value	Date	By
close_date	-	2009-10-02 11:37	kichik
assigned_to	nobody	2009-10-02 11:37	kichik
resolution_id	None	2009-10-02 11:37	kichik
status_id	Open	2009-10-02 11:37	kichik

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