What the heck. Whats happening in here?
Alright, so, let me try to summarize, may I?
- ATOMIX found out that his Spywaretool, "SpyWare Doctor" detects part of the Gamestudio-files as infected with Adware.Rabio, and informs us about it.
- Other users check with other tools and find out that apart from "Spyware doctor", no other scan detects said malware, thus it is assumed to be a false positive
- jcl steps in and informs us that there is, in fact, nothing malicious in the code, and adds with his usual cynism that if it were, we'd find out on the forecast/beta-page
- ATOMIX finds out that apparently, other services (Kaspersky) detect malicious code as well
- Michael totally misses the point, but at least he is swearing while doing so
- Kiyaku adds to the discussion that maybe ATOMIX is using warez, which is known to occasionally include malicious code. Given that his point is actually making a lot of sense, it is then completely ignored.
So... in summary, I really wish I had spent the time reading this doing something else, like repeatedly smashing my head against broken glass.
In seriousness: ATOMIX, I can certainly understand your concerns and I can see where you're coming from. It also is completely right of you not to install something when you get a virus-alert. Please understand that other users without said alert may thus assume that its a false positive, and the only way to be sure is by sending the file in - but since YOU are the one who got the alert, you are the one who has to do this. For all we know, maybe you're system is infected by who-knows-what and that is causing trouble.
If, however, you do have a sneaking suspicion as to why this is happening, for example because your A7-version comes from certain shady places, then well, there's your answer. If you aren't using something like that, you really should just send the file in to Spywaredoctor.
Also: Double posts make me sad, triple posts cause physical pain, and anything more than that is known to kill random people who are doing something good for the world. So far, you've killed too many of them, just because you ignored the edit-button. ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS.