[chirp_users] Chirp and virus alarm

Tom Hayward
Fri Dec 12 10:15:53 PST 2014


On Dec 12, 2014 9:00 AM, <tom.wz9u at gmail.com> wrote:
> (That does of course presume that the user trusts CHIRP to remain
virus-free.)

Being open source, Chirp is pretty easy to audit.

This is not the first time Avast has incorrectly categorized popular
software as a virus. It's an automated system. My guess is they don't have
the resources to appropriately deal with issues like this as quickly as
bigger companies like Symantec.

Tom KD7LXL
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