[tex-live] virus downloaded from tug

[T T]

On 3 March 2010 14:36, Linda C M Gross <linda.gross at sjc.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear Texlive
>
> I have just downloaded and installed texlive 2009, and my Antivirus
> programme (Sophos) tells me that the following three files belong to a
> malware (mal/Dorf-I)
>
> C:\texlive\2009\bin\win32\dviout.exe
> C:\texlive\2009\bin\win32\psv.exe
> C:\texlive\2009\bin\win32\texworks.exe
>
> Could you check if this is the case on your server and let me know where I
> can get clean versions of these three files?

The files are (almost certainly) clean. They probably just rub Sophos
the wrong way. Could you report it to them, so they can fix their
scanner?

Cheers,

Tomek