<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">I've never had any alarms go off in Windows, I've updated with a <br>daily build a couple times and use the best anti-virus software known<br>to man from ESET with daily virus and malware signature updates. <br>If you download from: http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download#Windows<br>I would bet my first born child that it will be free of any malware. One<br>other thing to consider, some lesser well designed anti virus software<br>that does real time heuristic scans could give a false positive warning. <br>I've seen this on several occasions over the last 15 years. <br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica
Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Eben Haber <eben@habers.us><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 16, 2013 12:37 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [chirp_users] Problem reported with Windows download?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7536776477"><div>Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I've been using Chirp successfully for a while with my various radios. Recently there was a discussion on the VX-7 list about ADMS-1G programming software, and I suggested that the person try Chirp, since it worked well in my experience, and is free.</div><div><br></div><div>One person on the list replied as follows, suggesting that there is
malware in the Chirp download. Since I don't have a Windows machine, there's no way I could verify that. Is there any possibility that the Chirp download got hijacked? Or is this guy just spreading FUD to get people to buy other software?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks & 73,</div><div><br></div><div>-Eben / K6EBN</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">1b. Re: ADMS-1G<br> Posted by: "William Barrett" <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:wbarrett@centurylink.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:wbarrett@centurylink.net">wbarrett@centurylink.net</a> w1wjb<br> Date: Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:33 am ((PST))<br><br>DANGER!!<br><br>I just got a bunch of crapware forced in from the CHIRP download.:<br>"7-zip", "VAFMusic", "DealPly", and "MyPcBackup". Some of it<br>resists uninstall. One leads to what looks like a hostageware site!!<br><br>Some sort of unwanted IE toolbar came in as
well..<br><br>DANGER!!<br><br>KW1B</blockquote></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>