Re: [R] virus/trojan in contributed package: 'svs'

managed to find a Windows machine to scan the file (using MS System center Endpoint), and it detected no threat! False positive, as you suggested. Thanks, Bijoy Joseph On 2015-10-23 12:23, peter dalgaard wrote: Virus scanners generate a fair amount of false positives. Does it persist if you

[R] virus/trojan in contributed package: 'svs'

Hello, I came across the following when I was installing the 'svs' package: $ clamscan svs_1.0.3.zip svs_1.0.3.zip: BAT.CMDFlood FOUND --- SCAN SUMMARY --- Known viruses: 4035827 Engine version: 0.98.7 Scanned directories: 0 Scanned files: 1 Infected files: 1 clamscan finds th