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Vim diff.exe detected as trojan downloader
eye4tee


Joined: 30 Sep 2008
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Got the following message, which appears to be a false positive:

C:\Program Files\Vim\vim63\diff.exe: Trojan.Downloader-54184 FOUND

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 425247
Engine version: 0.93.1
Scanned directories: 1138
Scanned files: 14288
Infected files: 1

Someone else has experienced this too:

http://bludgasm.livejournal.com/277364.html

Regards,
eye4tee
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Antonio S.


Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: Italy
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Hello,
To be sure the file is really a false positive pls upload it to http://www.virustotal.com/. If few (or no other) AV's find it infected it is likely to be a false positive.
Kindly notifify Clam team using the form @ http://cgi.clamav.net/sendvirus.cgi and tick the relevant field about false positive.
Usually issue is fixed shortly by the team and furthermore you will help to improve Clam/ClamWin detection ability.

Regards,

P.S.-In similar occurrances it could be useful to download and install the virustotal uploader (http://www.virustotal.com/it/metodos.html) which enables you to send the suspect file simply by right clicking on it and using the 'Send to' option (attention: max. file size acceptable is 20 MB).
PP.SS.-See you are still using 0.93.1 version. Suggest to upgrade it to 0.94 for better performance.
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RE: Vim diff.exe detected as trojan downloader
eye4tee


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Antonio,

Thanks for your help. Followed your directions and will do so in future too.

eye4tee
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