In article <49013902.686249875@news.webtv.com>, awalker@nspank.invalid
says...
> Leythos wrote:
>
> >In article <9paMk.144919$ZW7.67669@fe10.news.easynews.com>,
> >rotten@ronny.here says...
> >> At this link
> >> http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...kage_id=205228
> >> this file bs2b_winamp-2.1.0-bin.zip comes up as a Trojan in the Avast scan.
> >> I'm fairly certain it is a false positive but would appreciate if someone
> >> would confirm that for me with a different AV scanner.
> >>
> >>
> >Why wouldn't you download it from the vendors site?
> >
> >http://www.winamp.com/player
> >
> >SourceForge is not known for hosting malware, but why not get it from
> >the vendors site instead?
>
> It looks like a plugin for Winamp and not Winamp itself.
>
> It's definitely a load of malware...
>
> http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/7...fec7f9cb34e228
Thanks for letting me know. I thought sourceforge was a reputable
download site, guess I'll have to scratch that one.
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