Re: [boost] TROJAN INFECTION boost 1.67 binaries for Windows x64 MSVC 14.1

-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Mateusz Loskot via Boost Sent: 27 July 2018 15:25 To: boost@lists.boost.org Cc: Mateusz Loskot Subject: Re: [boost] TROJAN INFECTION boost 1.67 binaries for Windows x64 MSVC 14.1

On 27 July 2018 at 03:55, Zipper Fish via Boost wrote:

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Just curious, why would a boost installer trigger virus detectors? Is the virus executable linked to a boost library?

No idea, sorry.

Nor me neither - virus checkers work in mysterious ways - and have always suffered from false positives. Paul