Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-27 Thread Ed Koerber via cygwin
Thanks for posting that for me, Brian. I was going to get back to that to check for a response myself, but it has been a busy week! From: Brian Inglis To: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 3:06 PM Subject: Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-25 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-03-20 07:53, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: > On Sunday, March 19, 2017 12:20 PM, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: >> I am using the following version of cygwin on a Windows 7 computer: >> $ uname -a >> CYGWIN_NT-6.1 e250 2.6.0(0.304/5/3) 2016-08-31 14:27 i686 Cygwin >> Why does Malwarebytes fl

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-20 Thread Ed Koerber via cygwin
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 12:20 PM Subject: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware I am using the following version of cygwin on a Windows 7 computer: $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 e250 2.6.0(0.304/5/3) 2016-08-31 14:27 i686 Cygwin

[a tangent but hopefully not OT question] Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 03/19/2017 01:23 PM, René Berber wrote: On 3/19/2017 12:18 PM, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: It bears asking to be thorough... are we sure that the cygwin package has not been compromised somehow? You are correct in not taking unsubstantiated remarks as useful. We usually run the program

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-03-19 12:18, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: > On Sunday, March 19, 2017 12:32 PM, Ray Donnelly wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: >>> I am using the following version of cygwin on a Windows 7 computer: >>> $ uname -a >>> CYGWIN_NT-6.1 e250 2.6.0(0.304/5/3)

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread René Berber
On 3/19/2017 6:05 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: > Don't virus scanners in general get caught by other virus scanner > because their databases have the same signatures as the viruses they > look for? I don't know how to get around this other than an exclusion > list. Off-topic, this has nothing to do

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread René Berber
Back to the list, and keep it there. Forwarded Message From: Chris Johnson To: Do not reply I'm probably going to catch hell for this. Don't virus scanners in general get caught by other virus scanner because their databases have the same signatures as the viruses they lo

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread René Berber
On 3/19/2017 12:18 PM, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: > It bears asking to be thorough... are we sure that the cygwin package > has not been compromised somehow? You are correct in not taking unsubstantiated remarks as useful. We usually run the program in question through https://www.virustotal.c

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread Ed Koerber via cygwin
It bears asking to be thorough... are we sure that the cygwin package has not been compromised somehow? From: Ray Donnelly To: Ed Koerber ; cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex

Re: Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread Ray Donnelly
On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Ed Koerber via cygwin wrote: > I am using the following version of cygwin on a Windows 7 computer: > > $ uname -a > CYGWIN_NT-6.1 e250 2.6.0(0.304/5/3) 2016-08-31 14:27 i686 Cygwin > > Why does Malwarebytes flag this file: > > C:\cygwin\usr\x86_64-w64-mingw32\sys-r

Malwarebytes flags qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware

2017-03-19 Thread Ed Koerber via cygwin
I am using the following version of cygwin on a Windows 7 computer: $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 e250 2.6.0(0.304/5/3) 2016-08-31 14:27 i686 Cygwin Why does Malwarebytes flag this file: C:\cygwin\usr\x86_64-w64-mingw32\sys-root\mingw\bin\qdbusviewer-qt5.exe as Adware.Elex malware? -- Problem