[Elecraft] K3 MARS mod, showing a virus

[Fred Jensen]

On 6/3/2014 9:10 AM, KB9WMJ at wi.rr.com wrote:
> I got a response finally yesterday, and they resent the mod, but it still
> comes back saying it has the same virus.  Elecraft said it was because it's
> a EXE file, and renamed it a XEX file, but that didn't seem to matter to the
> AVG Antivirus.

That may make a difference to some email clients when an attachment ends 
in .exe but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter to anti-virus software.
>
> This is coming directly from Elecraft, and also believe it is a false
> positive, but was curious if anyone else has expeirienced this as well.

The next to latest version of AVG told me the Microchip C-18 compiler 
was infected.  They fixed it in the next update.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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