Linux picasa infected with virus?

[loell]

i thought i'd just tag it like tux.. for ubuntu + picasa users to know

http://tuxmachines.org/node/7270

[xinix]

hmm maybe you could provide a little more info for others to see if the virus is found on their machines. What anti-virus, any installation tricks and stuff like that. I couldn't get Picasa to work. All it did was load a thingy into the system tray which I guess is for digital cameras. I never got anything out of it.

[loell]

i'll just post the link of the blog

http://web.mac.com/unicycler/iWeb/ra...404354397.html

apparently he installed aegis anti virus and scan his system

then eventually aegis found w32/magistr.a@MM virus on picasa wine directory

[xinix]

Well, I just installed Aegis-virus-scanner (from the repos) along with Picasa freshly downloaded from Google. I have the same result. I won't bother with a screenshot since it would be exactly like the one already posted. Considering that I've never had Windows I'm pretty sure that this came from the installer.

[Travisty]

Has anyone tried scanning with a differnt AV then aegis?

[dmb]

That is a bug in the virus system for aegis anti virus. It will report a virus also for any xulrunner for windows or seamonkey installation for windows/wine. No need to panic. THIS IS NO VIRUS. Also, clamav reports no virus. Appshell.dll is a part of mozilla, even open source, check lxr.mozilla.org for more info.

[wzzrd]

Originally Posted by dmb That is a bug in the virus system for aegis anti virus. It will report a virus also for any xulrunner for windows or seamonkey installation for windows/wine. No need to panic. THIS IS NO VIRUS. Also, clamav reports no virus. Appshell.dll is a part of mozilla, even open source, check lxr.mozilla.org for more info.

I scanned with several other tools too. Check my blog for more info.

[Travisty]

That makes me fwwl better. It was bothering me to think that Google would bundle a virus into their installer. Thanx wzzrd.

[RAV TUX]

glad this is documented I was getting worried.