{"thread":{"id":"37743","subject":"Git download --- Virus","startedAt":"2014-10-16T09:35:33Z","lastAt":"2014-10-16T09:48:36Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi","Konstantin Khomoutov"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"250747","messageId":"17221679.285681413452133349.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost","threadId":"37743","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Git download --- Virus","fromName":"risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi","fromEmail":"risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi","sentAt":"2014-10-16T09:35:33Z","receivedAt":"2014-10-16T09:35:33Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi","avatar":null},"body":"Hi\n\nI downloaded and started to Install Git.\n\nThere is a Virus on you setup.\nProgram that appears to have trojan-like features or behavior.\n\nGit/bin/pdfinfo.exe\n\ntrojan.generic.[variant], gen:trojan.[variant]\n\nWhy???\n\nBr.\n\nRisto\n"},{"id":"250748","messageId":"20141016134836.062c143b3d90a0f70e181234@domain007.com","threadId":"37743","inReplyTo":"17221679.285681413452133349.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost","subject":"Re: Git download --- Virus","fromName":"Konstantin Khomoutov","fromEmail":"flatworm@users.sourceforge.net","sentAt":"2014-10-16T09:48:36Z","receivedAt":"2014-10-16T09:48:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"flatworm@users.sourceforge.net","avatar":null},"body":"On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:35:33 +0300 (EEST)\n\"risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi\" <risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi> wrote:\n\n> I downloaded and started to Install Git.\n> \n> There is a Virus on you setup.\n> Program that appears to have trojan-like features or behavior.\n> \n> Git/bin/pdfinfo.exe\n> \n> trojan.generic.[variant], gen:trojan.[variant]\n> \n> Why???\n\nBecause your antivirus software applies its (seemingly imperfect)\nheuristics and thinks there's a virus while there's none.\n\nTo state this in a more blunt way: no there's no any virus in the Git\nfor Windows installation package.\n\nThe other possibility is you obtaining the installation package from\na place other than http://git-scm.com or some malware active on your\ncomputer is changing the packages you're downloading on the fly.  The\nlatter is highly unlikely though.\n"}]}