After updating my AVG Free definitions file this morning I immediately
got warnings that both "abiword-plugins-impexp-2.2.7.exe" and
"abiword-plugins-tools-2.2.7.exe" contained the Trojan horse
"Downloader.lstbar.8.k", and both files were moved to the AVG Virus
Vault. Does anyone know for sure if this is true or just a false
positive? I sent both files to VirusTotal this morning, but have not
yet heard anything back. Oddly, I can find no listing for this
particular Downloader variant in the online Grisoft Virus
Encyclopedia. Hard for me to believe that such a popular open source
prog like Abiword would harbor a Trojan. Of course, since I am using
AVG Free I have no access to Grisoft support. Also posted a message
this a.m. to alt.comp.anti-virus, but have not had any specific
response there.
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schrodinger's cat

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:53:52 -0400, schrodinger's cat <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>After updating my AVG Free definitions file this morning I immediately
>got warnings that both "abiword-plugins-impexp-2.2.7.exe" and
>"abiword-plugins-tools-2.2.7.exe" contained the Trojan horse
>"Downloader.lstbar.8.k", and both files were moved to the AVG Virus
>Vault. Does anyone know for sure if this is true or just a false
>positive? I sent both files to VirusTotal this morning, but have not
>yet heard anything back. Oddly, I can find no listing for this
>particular Downloader variant in the online Grisoft Virus
>Encyclopedia. Hard for me to believe that such a popular open source
>prog like Abiword would harbor a Trojan. Of course, since I am using
>AVG Free I have no access to Grisoft support.

Let them know anyway.

In article <1114131245.715228e6274b7ba9476995d0f5315601@teranews>,
(E-Mail Removed)lid says...
> After updating my AVG Free definitions file this morning I immediately
> got warnings that both "abiword-plugins-impexp-2.2.7.exe" and
> "abiword-plugins-tools-2.2.7.exe" contained the Trojan horse
> "Downloader.lstbar.8.k", and both files were moved to the AVG Virus
> Vault. Does anyone know for sure if this is true or just a false
> positive? I sent both files to VirusTotal this morning, but have not
> yet heard anything back. Oddly, I can find no listing for this
> particular Downloader variant in the online Grisoft Virus
> Encyclopedia. Hard for me to believe that such a popular open source
> prog like Abiword would harbor a Trojan. Of course, since I am using
> AVG Free I have no access to Grisoft support. Also posted a message
> this a.m. to alt.comp.anti-virus, but have not had any specific
> response there.
>
Upload the file here...
http://virusscan.jotti.org/
and see what the other avs detect.
me