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#226 Virus alert when downloading v1.6

v1.6
closed-works-for-me
nobody
None
5
2007-06-02
2006-09-28
Kenneth
No

Hi,
Avast tells me that the 1.6 distrib on sf.net is
infected with a virus (VBS:Hopper).

Just thought I'd give a hint. Can you validate if this
is the case?

Kind regards,
Kenneth

Discussion

  • Derrick Oswald

    Derrick Oswald - 2007-03-03
    • status: open --> pending-works-for-me
     
  • Derrick Oswald

    Derrick Oswald - 2007-03-03

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    I seem to remember looking into this before.
    This is an apparent false positive on the automatically generated DocComment html files.
    Unless somebody else confirms a real infection I'm setting this to non-reproducible.

    From the Symantec site:
    VBS:Hopper

    Discovered: March 21, 2001
    Updated: February 13, 2007 11:35:51 AM
    Also Known As: VBS/Hopper.htm.d, Macro.Office.Hopper.e
    Type: Virus
    Infection Length: 4533

    VBS.Hopper is a Visual Basic Script virus, which infects .vbs, .htm, and .html files, and Microsoft Word documents. The Word file that is infected by this virus is detected as W97M.Hopper.D.
    Protection

    * Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater) March 21, 2001

    Threat Assessment
    Wild

    * Wild Level: Low
    * Number of Infections: 0 - 49
    * Number of Sites: 0 - 2
    * Geographical Distribution: Low
    * Threat Containment: Easy
    * Removal: Easy

    Damage

    * Damage Level: Low
    * Modifies Files: Infects .vbs, .htm, and .html files, and Microsoft Word documents.

    Distribution

    * Distribution Level: Low

    Writeup By: Kaoru Hayashi

     
  • SourceForge Robot

    • status: pending-works-for-me --> closed-works-for-me
     
  • SourceForge Robot

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    This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was
    previously set to a Pending status, and the original submitter
    did not respond within 90 days (the time period specified by
    the administrator of this Tracker).

     

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