Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1110171426010.26196@paninaro.uibk.ac.at>
Date: 2011-10-17T12:26:30Z
From: Achim Zeileis
Subject: Trojan in setup file
In-Reply-To: <002301cc8cc6$40b7c3a0$c2274ae0$@gmx.net>
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Annette Prochnow wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the following problem:
>
> I successfully installed R (Version 2.1.3.0 for Windows) on my Notebook
> (Windows 7) in June. Now I used the same setup file for a PC (Windows XP)
> and got a message from the anti virus software (Avira), that the setup file
> contains the Trojan "TR/ATRAPS.Gen". The PC is never connected to the
> internet, this is why the anti virus software has been updated in 2010 for
> the last time. Might it be possible that the old version of the anti virus
> software could "cause" this problem?
Probably a false positive, see also this thread:
http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp10/2010-October/256508.html
>
>
> I'm very thankfull for any kind of help!
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Annette
>
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