Dear AbiWord User,
* It has come to our attention that the latest versions of Norton
Antivirus software on Windows reports that the AbiWord uninstaller
(UninstallAbiWord2.exe) contains adware, specifically:
adware.bargainbuddy.
THIS IS DEFINATELY NOT THE CASE.
* We contacted Symantec about this issue, and their initial report also
states that the Norton Antivirus program is in error:
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We have analyzed your submission. The following is a
report of our findings for each file you have submitted:
filename: C:\Program Files\Abitest\UninstallAbiWord2.exe
machine: C1
result: See the developer notes
Developer notes:
C:\Program Files\Abitest\UninstallAbiWord2.exe
This sample has been analyzed by a variety of
automated means and was not immediately identified as malicious.
This file may be passed to an engineer for further inspection.
Thank you for your submission.
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This would be a nice example of a so-called "false positive".
* If you have any questions regarding this issue, please feel free to
contact us. We can be reached using our various mailing lists[1] or on
irc[2].
Regards,
Marc Maurer
The AbiSource community
[1]. http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/
[2]. channel #abiword on server irc.gnome.org
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Received on Mon Mar 28 12:49:00 2005
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