Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Feb 2014 10:16:36 -0500 | From | Theodore Ts'o <> | Subject | Re: possible viri in tarballs? |
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On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 03:47:07PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > >If the file was had any amount of XML or XHTML2, that would be markup > >crap. But some Twiki style ascii markup is hardly a problem -- it > >looks just fine when viewed in a text reader. > > I was using mc's f3 function. I agree, it looks fine in less, or even > gedit. I am going to filter it, you do as you feel is correct.
Well, in any case, if a couple of lines which are prefixed by asterisks where all the characters are otherwise english words in a full ASCII text gets declared "malware", that's probably be best demonstratoin about why many Anti-Virus companies are selling pure snake oil, and someone should be demanding their money back. :-)
- Ted
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