Why all the Virus's

[omper]

I am wondering why i am getting so many virus's from Eqemu. No less then 10 a day on that comp. I do run a server (btw). but still .. is this normal for everyone else?. let me know..

Omper

[Merth]

No. We generally believe it to be a good thing not to distribute these. So we don't.

[mattmeck]

I do run a server (btw).

Did you disable all your firewalls to run the server or set yourself up as a DMZ zone?

When i first came here i brought up a test server and just did the DMZ zone and i got slammed with a lot of Virus's. If this is the case with you, do port forwarding instead and it will solve most if not all the leaks in your armor.

[Edgar1898]

I am wondering why i am getting so many virus's from Eqemu. No less then 10 a day on that comp. I do run a server (btw). but still .. is this normal for everyone else?. let me know..

Omper

We never have and never will send you a virus. Get a clue, just because you get a virus suddenly it comes from us?

[Mongrel]

It may be because of the files "world.pent4" and "world.386". F-Prot (and maybe others too) reports them as a virus.

What's their purpose anyway?

[Trumpcard]

Probably optimized binaries for those architectures..

You can compile code specificly for a processor type to be able to use enhanced features on it.

x386 is the basic model, works on any machine.. Then you have more specific ones for a particular CPU, like athlon-xp, p3, p4, etc..

Gives the programs access to additional registers, instructions, whatnot..

[CHowell2005]

...will port forwarding via router bypass the windows XP internet connection firewall...as in can i have the firewall running if i forward the ports(which i have already done but i left firewall down)...danke

[Scorpious2k]

can i have the firewall running if i forward the ports(which i have already done but i left firewall down)...danke

Yes, you can. But its a waste of time, the XP firewall is little better than nothing at all. If you go to http://www.zonelabs.com and look for zone alarm (not the plus or pro versions) you will find a fantastic firewall program for a fantastic price: free.

[Mongrel]

>> Probably optimized binaries for those architectures..

Hm, okay, but why are they on CVS?

Both start with 0x7F 0x45 0x4C 0x46 (== 0x7F ELF). By looking at the rest of the file I'm guessing it may be a linus lib.

[kathgar]

They are probably one of the dev's binaries that got accidently pushed out.

[Trumpcard]

Yea, they might have been mine when I was performance testing with different compiler flags... They're linux binaries, which would explain why you see ELF...

[Mongrel]

Thanks for clearing that up. F-Prot was constantly telling me that those files could be an "intended or corrupted virus", hehe.

[Trumpcard]

Sorry about that, been having stuff sneak in since I started using the same directory to build from as I did push out to CVS. Need to change my push scripts to make a clean copy of the code directories and import from there..

[Mongrel]

Could you remove those two files from Sourceforge if they're not part of the CVS, please? Pretty annoying to download 3.6 MB on a 56k line :(

[Trumpcard]

yea, i can imagine it is a pain in the butt..

[Mongrel]

Thanks :)