# Git download --- Virus

2 messages from 2014-10-16 to 2014-10-16. Participants: risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi, Konstantin Khomoutov.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/37743

## risto.makiniemi@pp.inet.fi, 2014-10-16 09:35

Subject: Git download --- Virus
Message-ID: <17221679.285681413452133349.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/17221679.285681413452133349.JavaMail.defaultUser%40defaultHost

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Hi

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???

Br.

Risto

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## Konstantin Khomoutov, 2014-10-16 09:48

Subject: Re: Git download --- Virus
Message-ID: <20141016134836.062c143b3d90a0f70e181234@domain007.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20141016134836.062c143b3d90a0f70e181234%40domain007.com
In-Reply-To: <17221679.285681413452133349.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost>

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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.

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