Re: [Gnumed-devel] (no subject) virus

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 07:34:32PM +0000, Jim Busser wrote:

> >> It is likely that setup files of gnumed contains virus or
> >> modifying system properties in such a way to result in error 
> > 
> > I assume you downloaded from www.gnumed.de/downloads/ ?
> > 
> > Karsten
> 
> If the answer is yes, it could mean there is a problem in what is contained 
> there
> 
>       *or*
> 
> may it just mean that the machine which is trying to many
> times install of reinstall GNUmed was already infected and
> that there is something about the GNUmed install process
> that causes a system issue to be raised.?

Both is conceptually possible.

> Maybe anybody with Windows antivirus that is not already
> having Vaibhav's problem could download the installer and
> point their antivirus at the unzipped download and advise us
> if a problem is found within?

That's the approach which made me ask.

> If no problem found within, does it support that Vaibhav's
> problem was separately acquired ?

Yes. In particular - if he downloaded from elsewhere -
download hosters are not unknown to inject all sorts of
spyware into the downloads.

Karsten
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