[chirp_users] Virus warning

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Doesn't Windows come with an inbuilt virus protection program?


> On 21/09/2021 09:47 Kerry Whittle <t2ckerry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks Nick, will do! I'm considering getting a better virus detection program sooner rather than later though.
> 
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> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 08:42 Nick <papanick at netzero.net> wrote:
> > 
> >  Take the warning with a grain of salt Kerry.
> >  
> >  ---------- Original Message ----------
> >  From: Kerry Whittle <t2ckerry at gmail.com>
> >  To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> >  Subject: [chirp_users] Virus warning
> >  Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:45:02 -0500
> >  
> >  For the second time I’ve gotten a warning from McAfee that there was a virus in the daily download, this time in chirp-daily-20210919-installer.exe. The first time I saw this behavior was with the 20210826 daily, before I was on the list to report it.
> >  
> >  The reported virus is Real Protect-EC!16F97D3AFE24
> >  
> >  Not sure if it’s real or a false positive but I figured I should let you know. The file has been quarantined on my system.
> >  
> >  Kerry de kk4jo
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