avcheck-0.9.tgz

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Dec 08), RSB said:
> 20031108  Las Vegas Nevada 89102 USA
> rsb at adsbanners.com
> 
> Subj: avcheck-0.9.tgz
> 
> I ran a WINDOWS Mcafee VirusScan of the FreeBSD install disk (v 4.7)
> included w/ the book 'SAMS Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours' and it
> identified a file on the CD, avcheck-0.9.tgz' as a virus.
> 
> Can you provide any other information regarding this file?

VirusScan should also have provided a description of the virus, which
would have told you it was simply a test file for virus-scanner
products.

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=98616

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com