Re: [R] malware reported by antivirus on R Windows .exe file

, the problem was not worrying. Hope this helps, Rui Barradas  Enviado a partir do meu smartphone Samsung Galaxy. Mensagem original De: peter dalgaard Data: 05/06/2018 11:19 (GMT+00:00) Para: Paulo Barata Cc: r-help@r-project.org Assunto: Re: [R] malware reported by antivirus

Re: [R] malware reported by antivirus on R Windows .exe file

These are almost always false positives. The checks are based on checksumming and sometimes a perfectly innocent .exe will match the checksum of some virus/malware. The .exe is rebuilt nightly and changes slightly between builds, so you may want just retry after a day or so. (The AV vendors are