Possible virus downloading GNUCash 2.6.2 for Mac (Intel)?

David Gillam dave at davegillam.org
Sat Mar 8 16:09:22 EST 2014


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On Mar 8, 2014, at 3:02 PM, David Gillam <dave at davegillam.com> wrote:

> My scan looks good.
> 
> Gnucash.app (2.6.2 package containing lots of files):
> 
> Starting scan…
> 
> ----------- SUMMARY -----------
> ClamXav Version: 2.6.2
> Engine Version: 0.98.1
> Scanned Files: 3525
> Infected Files: 0
> 
> 
> No infected files were found.
> 
It could be that some AV programs see the bz2 compression as a possible indicator of this particular virus.  My scan was against the uncompressed app.

> 
> David
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> On Mar 8, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Bruno Fontana <bruno.fontana at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It is very strange, and hard to think there is a real virus, but FortClient Antivirus (it's part of an Enterprise-class VPN infraestructure) stays the following (in text, screen capture also attached).
>> 
>> File: gnucash-2.6.2.tar.bz2 
>> 
>> Virus: VBS/Bicololo.A!tr
>> 
>> 
>> I've downloaded it from gnucash.org page. Did anybody also have the same virus report?
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Bruno
>> 
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