[Chimera-users] Trojan alert Chimera 1.5

Tom Ferrin tef at cgl.ucsf.edu
Sat Nov 13 18:00:21 PST 2010


It's a false positive, caused by a digital signature match between the 
trojan you cite and an icon within the Chimera executable.  We've 
notified the 2 or 3 antivirus s/w vendors who are reporting the warning 
message, and we're looking at other ways to deal with the problem.



On 11/13/10 4:46 AM, Prof. Dirk Volkmer wrote:
> To whom it may concern:
>
> Dear developers of Chimera.
> I am facing a problem with the currently distrbuted version (1.5 rc) of
> Chimera.
> When I am trying to install the program I receive a warning message from my
> antivirus program (Avira Antivir with VDF Version: 7.10.13.235) that the
> chimera.exe
> windows installer is trying to install the following malware /Trojan
> software:
>
> TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen2
> TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen
>
> Could you please be so kind to check if this alert is serious and
> whether or not
> your program might be infected ?
>
> Many thanks in advance sincerely
>
> dv
>



More information about the Chimera-users mailing list