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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:33:59 +0000

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By: Samer

Samer — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:48:51 +0000

No, its not infected. I’ve been using it for ages.
This is an Autohotkey script and unforutunatley a number of anti malware apps (falsley) flag AH scripts as infected.

By: Babak

Babak — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:23:16 +0000

It’s infected!

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Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:04:25 +0000

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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:07:40 +0000

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By: Lanux128

Lanux128 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:40:08 +0000

thanks for the kind words, Samer. this program is based on Autohotkey therefore some of the anti-virus software will flag it as some sort of malware.

as Samer mentioned, one can use an online scanner (http://virusscan.jotti.org/) to scan the program. e.g. version 1 has no malware detected. later versions due to additional features has had this problem.

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By: Samer

Samer — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:28:28 +0000

@spooz2

I don’t think that this is malware. A small number of security programs aren’t comfortable with Autohotkey scripts. I’ve seen this a number of times before.

I ran the file through the VirusTotal service and 6 out of 35 security programs identified it as malware; which is to say only 17% of the services. I have a number of solid security software running on my machine that identified no malicious behavior.

If you have concerns, do not run the program. For myself I am 100% comfortable that it is clean and comfortable in recommending.

By: spooz2

spooz2 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:58:37 +0000

zip file comes complete with virus/trojan.

By: Samer

Samer — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:14:04 +0000

@Mr Thermister, Go to this post, and look somewhere in the comments to find the link to the wallpaper (entitiled: watching the heavens fall). I love this wallpaper and have had frequent enquiries about it, btw.

By: Mr Thermister

Mr Thermister — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:12:44 +0000

Where can I get that background! I love green!

By: Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:48:48 +0000

Don’t you mean, “Yes, we can, my friends.”?!?!