[OctDev] my virusscanner found a Worm in octave.exe

[Michael Goffioul]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Michael Goffioul
<michael.goffioul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Apparently, this problem appeared recently as this problem has
> been reported a few time since the beginning of this week. My
> virsu scanner does not detect any problem, so I would like to request
> some feedback from other Windows users
>
> 1) Is this worm new?
>
> 2) What AV software detect it?
>
> 3) Could anyone with McAfee or Norton check the executables
> (the latest VS2008 executable was built on a regularly updated
> McAfee-protected system)
>
> 4) Could people who detected the worm check older executables?
> (like the 2.9.x series)

Additional info: the first report was about the installer executable
(not the installed octave.exe). Could people also check recent
(3.0.x) and older (2.9.x) installers?

Michael.