A possible virus

[Andre Dirr]

hi all,
i had the same error! it is no virus, but a bug in mcafee antivirus: it
tries to unzip and check all files in the tarball, but the archive is
big and so the mcafee gets a timeout!
you can solve the problem by setting up the timeout for mcafee in the
registry:
search for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\TVD\Shared
Components\OnAccess Scanner\McShield\Configuration] 
and change this entry ScanArchiveTimeout"=dword:00000005(5)
to ScanArchiveTimeout"=dword:00000040(64)
this will help!
andy/ORDIX AG

dan_mcmanus at co.blm.gov wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I downloaded samba-latest.tar.gz from http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/  and
> my anti-virus software said it was infected, but didn't clean it, so I
> deleted it. I downloaded it onto a Windows NT machine. I don't know whether
> it's my software freaking out or an actual problem with the file, but I
> thought I should let you know.