bug#47912: closed (questions about virus)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: questions about virus Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:42:27 -0400

my antivirus scans continually show Gzip as containing 

TrojanDownloader:HTML/Elshutilo.A

yet i can't remove it because of something called trusted installer. the antivirus program "removes" the virus but at the next scan it is still/again there. please advise how to get rid of this. thank you

dm

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> On 4/20/21 10:42 AM, RM wrote:
> > my antivirus scans continually show Gzip as containing
> > TrojanDownloader:HTML/Elshutilo.Ayet i can't remove it because of something
> > called trusted installer. the antivirus program "removes" the virus but at
> > the next scan it is still/again there. please advise how to get rid of
> > this. thank you
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> I'm afraid you're writing to the wrong place; we merely maintain the 
> upstream source code and do not generate the binary executable that your 
> software is complaining about. I suggest writing to whoever generated 
> the program you're actually running. Or pedrhaps you can write to 
> whoever is maintaining your antivirus software.
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