[texhax] virus detected on TeX Collection 2005 DVD

[Martin Schröder]

2006/6/29, Richard Steenis <ponyexpress at primemail.com>:
> My Norton antivirus has detected a virus on the TeX Collection 2005 DVD.
>
> The virus is:  BAT.Silly.B.gen
> in file:           tex8.bat
> in directory   \ctan\macros\generic\cptex\

Please get a virus checker that actually works.

At least my copy of tex8.bat is a 426 byte long batch file from 1994.
Not very likely to contain a  "Troj/Divdavkt-B is a toolkit written in
Perl that generates batch script Trojans." :-)

Best
   Martin