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--- faq:ispopfileinfected [2009/11/26 19:11] – Add links to NSIS wiki for more info and a list of online scanners xuesheng
+++ faq:ispopfileinfected [2009/11/27 11:23] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Does POPFile contain a virus/trojan/adware ? ======
-The Windows installer for POPFile and several of the Windows utilities shipped with POPFile are built using NSIS, the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. [[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/| NSIS]] was SourceForge "Project of the Month" for January 2006 (POPFile was "Project of the Month" for May 2003).
+The Windows installer for POPFile and several of the Windows utilities shipped with POPFile are built using NSIS, the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. [[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/| NSIS]] was [[http://sourceforge.net/|SourceForge]] "Project of the Month" for January 2006 (POPFile was "Project of the Month" for May 2003).
 Since the beginning of August 2004 several anti-virus packages have been falsely reporting that software built using NSIS contains a trojan, or other form of virus. The following statement appeared on the old NSIS web site but it was not copied to their new Wiki-based web site:
-  * We have had several problems with false virus positives during the last weeks. Some anti-virus products incorrectly detect certain NSIS components as being a virus. All false positives seem to be related to the internet downloading plug-ins.
+| We have had several problems with false virus positives during the last weeks. Some anti-virus products incorrectly detect certain NSIS components as being a virus. All false positives seem to be related to the internet downloading plug-ins.|
+|Both %%McAfee%% and Norton have already corrected their virus definitions. If you notice that another product incorrectly detects a virus, please contact the developers of this product. Developers of anti-virus products can also contact the NSIS Development Team for more information.|
-  * Both McAfee and Norton have already corrected their virus definitions. If you notice that another product incorrectly detects a virus, please contact the developers of this product. Developers of anti-virus products can also contact the NSIS Development Team for more information.
+^ Source: A NSIS support forum [[http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1825360#post1825360| message]] from one of the NSIS developers (posted 13 December 2005).^
-  *: (Extracted from a [[http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1825360#post1825360| message]] by one of the NSIS developers in the NSIS support forum.)
 Usually an updated set of virus definitions stops the false reports (e.g. Symantec's definitions dated 9 August 2004 detected a trojan in the NSIS "internet downloading" plug-in but their definitions dated 10 August (or later) do not).
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   * "Uninstall POPFile" (uninstall.exe)
-However in these four programs this plug-in is not used to access the internet - it is used to shutdown POPFile without using your browser.
+However only the last program (uninstall.exe) uses this plug-in to access the internet (to download SSL support or the [[/docs/jp:faq:mecab| MeCab parser]] used to analyze Japanese mail); the other three programs only use that plug-in to shut down POPFile without using your browser.
 The following optional Windows utility for POPFile uses the NSIS "internet downloading" plug-in to access the internet:

POPFile - Automatic Email Classification

Does POPFile contain a virus/trojan/adware ?

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