Facebook Plugin flagged for a virus

[Casey Ho]

Hi Nico,

A plugin is no longer needed to use Facebook chat in Pidgin, so you can
safely uninstall the plugin.

See https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php for instructions on how to
connect Pidgin to Facebook.

-Casey

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:43 AM, Mark Doliner <mark at kingant.net> wrote:

> Hi Nico.  Sorry for not responding earlier--your message got put into a
> holding queue because it was over the max file size for emails to this
> mailing list, and we didn't notice it until just now.
>
> I strongly suspect that this problem is a false positive (as in it's not
> really a virus).  This tends to happen from time to time because:
> 1. The checks done by anti-virus software are typically dumb
> 2. Pidgin and Pidgin plugins tend to use the same installer program used by
> some viruses (because the installer program is free)
>
> In any case, we're not responsible for the Facebook plugin.  You would need
> to contact the author about this.
>
> --Mark
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Nico Donato (nidonato) <
> nidonato at cisco.com> wrote:
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>> My apologies I didn’t read (yes I know) thoroughly the requirements
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>> Platform: Win 7 64 bit
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>> Pidgin 2.7.10
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>> Libpurp 2.7.10
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>> I was adding the facebook plugin from googlecode. (its the very first
>> plugin listed in the plugin download) I was not sure if I should contact the
>> author or you until I saw how to report security vulnerability post.
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>> I simply clicked on and downloaded the exe plugin
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>> I sent an attached screen shot if you did not get it please let me know
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>> OO you probably would want to know the A/v info too
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>> McAfee version 8.7.0i
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>> Scan engine 5400.1158
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>> DAT 6265.0000 created feb 22 2011
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>> Thank you.
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>> *From:* Nico Donato (nidonato)
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 23, 2011 9:30 AM
>> *To:* 'security at pidgin.im'
>> *Subject:* Facebook Plugin flagged for a virus
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>> Et Al,
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>> I love pidgin, I will be making a donation at some point to you guys.  In
>> addition to being a TME for cloud computing and Dist networking, I also work
>> with the various security consulting firms. Below I captured trying to get
>> the facebook plugin.
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>> Heres the response I got:
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>> [image: Description: http://www.cisco.com/swa/i/logo.gif]
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>> *Nico Donato*
>> *Technical Marketing Engineer*
>> *Corporate Development*
>> nidonato at cisco.com
>> Phone: *+1 919 392 2626*
>> Mobile: *+1 919 961 1280*
>>
>> *Cisco Systems, Inc.*
>> 7100-9 Kit Creek Road
>> Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
>> United States
>> Cisco DataCenter 3.0 CVD<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns743/networking_solutions_program_home.html>
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