Re: Problem with Windows install files newer than 2.5.2 - Flagged as Virus?

Thanks for the suggestions, sumlabi@gmail.com. On your suggestion about
looking at security software, I checked my Watchguard firewall logs.
Apparently, Watchguard suspects that there is a virus contained in the
Windows executable. I'm sure this is just some code component that's a
false positive, but if it helps anyone else, here is the logged message
from the firewall:

Jan 16 07:50:25 p
roxy disp="Deny"
pri="3"
policy="svc:21"
src_ip="192.168.1.14"
dst_ip="130.89.175.51"
pr="http/tcp"
src_port="54391"
dst_port="80"
src_intf="eth1-Trusted"
dst_intf="eth0-WAN0"
src_ip_nat="165.236.180.130"
src_port_nat="31350"
rc="594"
msg_id="262184"
msg="ProxyDeny: HTTP Virus found"
proxy_act="HTTP-Proxy" virus="Trojan.Agent-65355"
host="www.abisource.com"
path="/downloads/abiword/2.6.5/Windows/abiword-setup-2.6.5.exe"

I don't know the easiest way to submit this to the code maintainers, but
they should know that a very common firewall is flagging the executable
as containing a virus.

Thanks, David

sum1abi@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:50 AM, David Fenske <guitorganist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi - I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong, but in trying to download any
>> Abiword versions newer than 2.5.2, the downloaded executables end up being
>> only 24Kb in size, despite showing on the file list as being about 6mb. Any
>> ideas?
>>
>>
>
> This sounds like a browser or connection problem. You might want to
> try: 1) Clearing your browser cache and downloading the file again; 2)
> Using a separate browser (e.g., Firefox Portable from
> http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable). If those two
> options don't work, the problem may be with your connection or other
> (security?) software on your machine.
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Received on Fri Jan 16 16:03:43 2009