[vlc] Possibly virus found in your software

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hello Heise Software,

We believe it is a false positive on a very heavy Assembly plugin .dll.

The software is being compiled on Linux, and a Windows Virus is quite
unlikely to arrive there. Of course, we may mistake...

Best regards,

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:38:12AM +0100, software at heise.de wrote :
> Dear software manufacturer,
> 
> your software VLC media player is listed in the heise software directory at <http://www.heise.de/software/download/vlc_media_player/14724>. You did grant us permission to make it available on our download servers.
> 
> We would like to inform you that our automatic virus checks (done in co-operation with AV-Test GmbH) with more than 40 virus scanners generated some warnings in version 1.0.5 (vlc-1.0.5-win32.exe).
> 
> This is the detailed report:
> 
> ============================================================
> 
> Scan report of: 6829-vlc-1.0.5-win32.exe
> 
> AntiVir	-
> Authentium	-
> Avast	-
> AVG	-
> BitDefender	-
> CA-AV	-
> ClamAV	-
> Eset Nod32	-
> Fortinet	-
> Fortinet (BETA)	-
> F-Prot	-
> Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Monder
> ISS VPS	-
> K7 Computing	-
> Kaspersky	-
> Kaspersky (Cons.)	-
> McAfee	-
> McAfee (BETA)	-
> McAfee (Online)	ERROR
> McAfee GW Edition	-
> Microsoft	-
> Norman	-
> Panda	-
> Panda (BETA)	-
> Panda (Online)	suspicious
> PC Tools	-
> QuickHeal	-
> Rising	-
> Sophos	-
> Spybot S&D	-
> Sunbelt	-
> Symantec	-
> Symantec (BETA)	-
> Trend Micro	-
> Trend Micro (Cons.)	-
> Trend Micro (CPR)	-
> VBA32	-
> VirusBuster	-
> Webroot	-
> 
> ============================================================
> 
> The following updates have been used for the test (all times in GMT):
> 
> AntiVir	ivdf_fusebundle_nt_en.zip	2010-02-01	10:09
> Authentium	antivir-z-201001311727.zip	2010-01-31	19:19
> Avast	400.vps	2010-01-31	21:11
> AVG	avg90cmd730a3218.zip	2010-01-31	22:11
> BitDefender	bdc.zip	2010-02-01	09:24
> CA-AV	fv_nt86.exe	2010-02-01	06:22
> ClamAV	daily.cvd	2010-02-01	01:31
> Eset Nod32	minnt3.exe	2010-02-01	08:06
> Fortinet	vir_high	2010-02-01	03:39
> Fortinet (BETA)	vir_high	2010-02-01	08:28
> F-Prot	antivir.def	2010-01-31	19:09
> Ikarus	t3sigs.vdb	2010-02-01	09:55
> ISS VPS	VPS.rar	2009-12-31	00:15
> K7 Computing	k7cmdline.zip	2010-02-01	05:45
> Kaspersky	av-i386-daily.zip	2010-02-01	08:12
> Kaspersky (Cons.)	kdb-i386-cumul.zip	2010-02-01	08:03
> McAfee	avvdat-5878.zip	2010-01-31	14:57
> McAfee (BETA)	avvwin_netware_betadat.zip	2010-02-01	10:15
> McAfee (Online)	avvdat-5878.zip	2010-01-31	14:57
> McAfee GW Edition	ww-latest-685-windows.zip	2010-02-01	09:38
> Microsoft	scnAVavdlta1751960.cab	2010-02-01	06:48
> Norman	nvc5oem.zip	2010-01-31	08:36
> Panda	pavexp_sig.zip	2010-01-31	10:30
> Panda (BETA)	pav.zip	2010-02-01	10:15
> Panda (Online)	pavexp_sig.zip	2010-01-31	10:30
> PC Tools	avdb.zip	2010-02-01	06:57
> QuickHeal	qhadvdef.zip	2010-02-01	08:53
> Rising	RavDef.zip	2010-02-01	07:55
> Sophos	ides.zip	2010-02-01	06:45
> Spybot S&D	includes-all.zip	2010-01-27	11:00
> Sunbelt	SBDefsV3.zip	2010-01-31	17:50
> Symantec	streamset.zip	2010-02-01	10:28
> Symantec (BETA)	symrapidreleasedefsi32.exe	2010-02-01	10:05
> Trend Micro	lpt815.zip	2010-02-01	03:17
> Trend Micro (Cons.)	cvsapi815.zip	2010-02-01	03:42
> Trend Micro (CPR)	lpt816.zip	2010-02-01	09:19
> VBA32	vba32w-latest.rar	2010-01-30	02:06
> VirusBuster	vdb.zip	2010-01-31	16:01
> Webroot	antivirus.rar	2010-02-01	09:32
> 
> 
> This is most probably a false alarm. Therefore we are nevertheless offering the file for download but are also checking with the manufacturers of the anti-virus software. You should find an updated scan report in a few days at <http://www.heise.de/software/download/vlc_media_player/14724> (Download-Button).
> 
> Greetings,
> your heise software team
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-- 
Best Regards,

-- 
Jean-Baptiste Kempf
http://www.jbkempf.com/