[R] Virus Infection in colorspace_1.1-1.zip (R x64 2.14.1)

[R. Michael Weylandt]

I'm skeptical that CRAN would produce a bug, but it's not unheard of
for anti-viruses to not like its compiled code. Are you able to
compile locally? That might make it more comfortable -- if you do so,
you could also white list those files (since you made them)

Not a perfect workaround, but AV tends not to like OSS stuff for
whatever reason...

Michael

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Stephen P Molnar
<s.molnar at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I keep finding the Win32\Huer virus in colorspace_1.1-1.zip for R x64 2.14.1
> running MS Windows 7.  As a result I am not able to use rattle or
> ChemometricsWithR.  I have tried several different mirrors with the same
> result.  Fortunately AVG has caught and quarantined the problem, but the
> colorspace package is not available.
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> I can use the package on my Linux OS, but, of course, Linux isn't bothered
> by viruses.
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> I'm posting this to the list as I am not sure just what to do with the
> information.
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