Re: Virus in Debian 8.2 Source ISO Torrent

Ok Iain,

I thought I'd let you know just in case.

Thanks,
Greg

On 21 September 2015 at 13:55, Iain R. Learmonth <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 01:05:55PM +0100, Greg Brant wrote:
> >    I recently downloaded the Debian 8.2 Source ISO and my antivirus
> >    software reported the following viruses
> >    debian-8.2.0-source-DVD-2.iso   multiple threats
> >    debian-8.2.0-source-DVD-5.iso   Win32/Mytob.OV worm
>
> Anti-virus software such as clamassassin is packaged in Debian and the
> virus
> descriptors may appear to other software as viruses. I've not looked at
> which packages might be on those DVDs but I think it's highly likely that
> it is the case that these are false positives triggered by other anti-virus
> descriptors.
>
> Thanks,
> Iain.
>
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