[R] gtools Gator infected...

Troels Ring tring at gvdnet.dk
Sun Oct 23 12:57:25 CEST 2016


I have informed the vendor that perhaps spyhunter 4 is too aggressive. 
They suggested I could make an exclusion - but it turned out to be not 
looking for Gator rather than not looking in gtools.dll. I shall inform 
if anything appears

BW

Troels


Den 23-10-2016 kl. 11:57 skrev Mateusz Kopyt:
> One of my student also noticed such report (about Gator) from 
> Spyhunter. We have checked that the file on the computer is identical 
> to this from repo.
> So probably it was a false alarm. If you have some information from 
> enigmasoftware, please share on the list.
>
> Best regards
> Mateusz Kopyt
> WNE UW, Poland
>
> W dniu 22.10.2016 o 13:31, Troels Ring pisze:
>> Thanks a lot - I have asked enigmasoftware to go and check up on this 
>> - and they'll also see your letter!
>>
>> BW
>> Troels
>>
>>
>> Den 22-10-2016 kl. 13:12 skrev Bob Rudis:
>>> I think your tool is a bit overzealous. VirusTotal -
>>> https://virustotal.com/en/file/5fd1b2fc5c061c0836a70cbad620893a89a27d9251358a5c42c3e49113c9456c/analysis/ 
>>>
>>> & 
>>> https://virustotal.com/en/file/e133ebf5001e1e991f1f6b425adcfbab170fe3c02656e3a697a5ebea961e909c/analysis/
>>> - shows no sign of any malware in the 32-bit DLLor 64-bit DLL (I
>>> tested  r-release: gtools_3.5.0.zip)
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 4:50 AM, Troels Ring <tring at gvdnet.dk> wrote:
>>>> Hi friends - just installed gtools to make rstan run. Was rapidly 
>>>> informed
>>>> by Spyhunter 4 that gtools.dll harboured Gator. Spyhunter 4 then
>>>> aggressively removed Gator - and gtools were gone and rstan out of 
>>>> function.
>>>> Kind of sorry about this.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>>
>>>> Troels Ring
>>>>
>>>> Aalborg, Denmark
>>>>
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