# IMPORTANT: tr dropper.gen Trojan inside Ruby Installers for Windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/important-tr-dropper-gen-trojan-inside-ruby-installers-for-windows/190451>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 20, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/important-tr-dropper-gen-trojan-inside-ruby-installers-for-windows/190451 "2010-06-20T20:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acrive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Acrive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Acrive)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/important-tr-dropper-gen-trojan-inside-ruby-installers-for-windows/190451/1 "2010-06-20T20:30:35Z")

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Hi at all

today with my antivirus (Avira) I find the tr dropper.gen Trojan  
inside the installers for Windows.

[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/)

Is possible?!?!?

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**Author:** ![Acrive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Acrive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Acrive)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/important-tr-dropper-gen-trojan-inside-ruby-installers-for-windows/190451/2 "2010-06-20T20:40:33Z")

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On Jun 20, 2:29 pm, Acrive [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi at all
> 
> today with my antivirus (Avira) I find the tr dropper.gen Trojan  
> inside the installers for Windows.
> 
> [Download Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/)
> 
> Is possible?!?!?

False positive, over and over again:

[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse\_thread/thread/e78f6a40bf956561#](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/e78f6a40bf956561#)  
[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse\_thread/thread/546e42ce2754170c#](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/546e42ce2754170c#)  
[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse\_thread/thread/f79ec3b81e8d6102/ca590b1328fdd59d#ca590b1328fdd59d](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/f79ec3b81e8d6102/ca590b1328fdd59d#ca590b1328fdd59d)

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**Author:** ![Acrive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Acrive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Acrive)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/important-tr-dropper-gen-trojan-inside-ruby-installers-for-windows/190451/3 "2010-06-20T20:50:30Z")

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On 20 Giu, 20:36, Luis L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> False positive, over and over again:
> 
> [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse\_thread/thread/e78...http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse\_thread/thread/546...http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse\_thread/thread/f79](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/e78...http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/546...http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/f79)…
> 
> –  
> Luis L.

Sorry Guys…