[PD] problem with pd-extended - windows version

[Miller Puckette]

Most likely this is just Pd opening a socket which it needs for internal
communication (and which some virus detectors complain about)... you just
have to tell teh virus detector that Pd's OK (as far as we know...)

cheers
Miller

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 08:57:41PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Wow, that's kind of funny.  Watch out, Pd is infectous! ;)  And Pd- 
> extended is actually part of my secret plan to bring down all Windows  
> boxes!  mu ha ha ha ha!
> 
> I doubt many virus/trojan coders have heard of Pd.  I wonder if a Pd  
> virus would be possible.  Which file is it complaining about?
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Mar 23, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Andrei R. Thomaz wrote:
> 
> >hello list,
> >
> >when I try to install pd-extended, running the file Pd-0.38.4- 
> >extended.exe, my antivirus (avast) detects some Trojan horses in  
> >the files being installed. Has anybody experimented this problem?
> >
> >andrei
> >
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