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Okay, I downloaded the windows client and this software had a trojan horse detected.  I quickly removed it.  I am going to only use the Linux version.  But for windows users, download and install at your own risk. 

Make sure you don't install into the same computer you have your other valuable coins in.

Someone update the windows client and make sure no viruses in it.  Noobs are suffering.

zzzzz

Please double check your facts before you make false statements.

Clean with two false positives
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/0bc9bb748df0f7d1db00d35bb0964602c3d1fa806cbe349321315170bf4e8af6/analysis/1369338719/

Thanks for posting the proof Bonsai!!  Don't try to steal windows users account with your trojan.  I was planning on mining this but it seems quite sneaky of your coin to try to steal Window's users accounts.  Shame on you. 

Another scam!  I have you on my shit list now.

False positive does not mean what you think it means, you might want to google that son... 

 it is a false positive  - meaning it is NOT a virus  , i got the same thing too, but it's okay it's nothing to worry about.

Oh no, not this hit again...

hdclover is not here yet

Im just wondering how many wallets get picked up as viruses....all lead to just being what virus detection programs do all the time... most times harmless.

On a side note, it's funny how people seem to assume that Linux or source code distribution somehow is a guarantee against Trojans. Beware, this may be exploited.

It doesn't have a virus, though it is a shitty promotional altcoin.

Just stating the facts with what I encountered.  I suggest you clean out the virus before uploading it again for distribution.  We don't pay good money for Virus Scanners like Kaspersky and MCFee to ignore their warnings.

Obvious troll is obvious

Jr. members.

lol.

LOL amateur coders?

"False positive" means there is no virus. It is reporting a false detection. It is safe.

I get false positives all the time with programs that I have created, because the anti-virus software doesn't have enough info to know whether it is safe or not, and so it trashes programs that I WRITE BY MY OWN HAND, which guarantees there isn't a virus in it, even though it says it does.

While I appreciate your vigilance (there really needs to be more people like you on the internet, actually. It would stop phishers in their tracks), you do need to learn anti-virus vocabulary, and learn to trust people who have as much to lose as you do when they say there is nothing wrong.

Just replace the two files that are being tagged, libcurl-4.dll and pthreadGC2.dll, and then all is clean.

A simple google search will get you both files from a dll-files website.  But, again, you should also test those files.

I replaced both files and ran the phenixcoin-qt with no problem.

I was going to replace the files and zip it up to post, but hey, why trust a file I post up.

I wouldn't download dlls from those shifty websites if I were you.

Your choice, as I said those files should also be tested.

I myself, used the files I found that had no "hits" with scanners, than the ones that did "hit".  Simple choice for me.

Okay here's the bottom line.  Your code is suspicious that's why these virus scanners are warning us.  Just think of it this way.  You walk down the street and see the sign "Blood and Crips Territory, Dangerous, Possible chance of losing your life.."  would you continue to use that road or would you heed the warning.  

If there's a way to remove the suspicious code, why don't you do it before packaging it for miners.

those files are in cgminer also and many other wallets  
scanning revealed nothing yet.
than again unless you are going to solo mine there is no need to have a wallet lol   just mine in pools and   auto payout to an exchange:)

i am not a miner nor anything with phenix other than the donation i got of 3 coins and multipling it in the poker site:)

First off, cgminer is a miner and not a wallet.

Secondly, the above two files that I listed are in cgminer v2.9.7-1 and are different sizes than what are in the phenix qt.  Of the two, only the libcurl-4.dll has the same "hits", the pthreadGC2.dll is clean.

In cgminer 3.0.1 and 3.1.1, neither file is used, so no problem there.

I only have a few of the other coin wallet windows client files on this computer to compare (linux laptop), but the ones that I did have also did not have these two files in them.

There's a lot of programs on torrents (games, CAD, graphics) that have miners built in because people assume those looking for those programs have high-end video cards, thus these programs being target by anti-malware.

No, here's the bottom line: it doesn't work that way, and your analogy doesn't apply to this situation. It can only warn you if you have reason to believe the code is infected, or if you have no idea of its pedigree. Since you have an entire forum telling you it's fine (and believe me, I've gotten these same warnings you have, so I know what I'm talking about), then you have an idea of its pedigree, and can be assured that, barring an entire forum's worth of people having traumatic brain injuries, you can stop worrying.