Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]> writes: > Hi b. > > Le lundi, 25 août 2014, 12.14:33 b.betz a écrit : >> Norton gives a trojan warning when I download the installer from >> goodbye-microsoft.com or wiki with your mirror >> >> my question is : >> >> is this a false negative?? > > win32-loader is built entirely from sources available in Debian and > doesn't embed any foreign binary. > > On the other hand, win32-loader _is_ executing Windows system tools and > _will_ modify the Windows bootloader, so it's far from surprising that > it triggers anti-virus warnings. > > So, my answer is "yes, it is a false negative".
That's actually a false _positive_, since the the anti-virus software is indicating that it found something (a positive result) where no malware really exists (false). A false negative would be if the anti-virus software had failed to detect a real threat. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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