in reply to A virus warning while updating the local minicpan directory

I had an issue with a module on mini-cpan which itself is parsing for viruses.

In consequence this meant this module had to include snippets from that virus for identification.

Some Anti-Virus-Scanners will just take offence on the existence of such snippets.

Please note: I didn't investigate the module you mentioned.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Je suis Charlie!

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Re^2: A virus warning while updating the local minicpan directory
by ateague (Monk) on Mar 07, 2016 at 14:45 UTC
    Isn't this what the EICAR test file is supposed to be used for?