From: Konstantin Khomoutov <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:48:36 GMT
Subject: Re: Git download --- Virus
Message-ID: <20141016134836.062c143b3d90a0f70e181234@domain007.com>
In-Reply-To: <17221679.285681413452133349.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost>

On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:35:33 +0300 (EEST)
"risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi" <risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi> wrote:

> I downloaded and started to Install Git.
> 
> There is a Virus on you setup.
> Program that appears to have trojan-like features or behavior.
> 
> Git/bin/pdfinfo.exe
> 
> trojan.generic.[variant], gen:trojan.[variant]
> 
> Why???

Because your antivirus software applies its (seemingly imperfect)
heuristics and thinks there's a virus while there's none.

To state this in a more blunt way: no there's no any virus in the Git
for Windows installation package.

The other possibility is you obtaining the installation package from
a place other than http://git-scm.com or some malware active on your
computer is changing the packages you're downloading on the fly.  The
latter is highly unlikely though.