[chirp_users] Panda reported a virus in Oct 9 and Oct 13 daily builds.

[beaubobbitt at gmail.com]

Correct and definitive !



------ Original Message ------
From: "Debra Wilson" <dwilson223 at cox.net>
To: "Dan Smith" <dsmith at danplanet.com>; "Discussion of CHIRP" 
<chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
Sent: 10/15/2015 5:54:12 PM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Panda reported a virus in Oct 9 and Oct 13 
daily builds.

>Like.
>
>Sent from mom's iPad
>
>On Oct 15, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Dan Smith via chirp_users 
><chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
>
>>Every few months we get a message like this to the mailing list. It's
>>usually one of the smaller antivirus packages reporting a virus. So
>>far they have all been false positives. My guess is there are actual
>>viruses out there using Python libraries, and not realizing they're
>>looking at popular open source software, the antivirus company flags
>>it.
>
>Yep, and just to further explain how these builds are created for those
>that are interested (and/or are wondering how we attempt to protect our
>users who trust our builds):
>
>Every night, when a change is pending, the build server literally 
>builds
>an entirely new Windows 7 virtual machine with known-good copies of all
>of our base dependencies. It then creates the new chirp build on that
>machine and uploads it to the chirp website. When it's done, it
>*destroys* the temporary machine it created. The next day, the whole
>thing starts from scratch.
>
>The process takes about 10 minutes total and occurs on an almost
>completely sealed private network. There's really no opportunity for
>anything to get on the build machine and disrupt the process, and it
>certainly wouldn't change day-to-day, build-to-build.
>
>--Dan
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