[Pidgin] #10945: AVG providing false positive virus alerts on buddy icon files. Related to ticket #10787.

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#10945: AVG providing false positive virus alerts on buddy icon files. Related to
ticket #10787.
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 Reporter:  kbduvall               |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  defect                 |       Status:  new         
Milestone:                         |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.6.4                  |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  AVG false virus alert  |  
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Description changed by kbduvall:

Old description:

> I'm having the exact same issues as the person who reported ticket
> #10787. AVG keeps reporting that a few jpegs in C:\Users\<user
> name>\AppData\Roaming\.purple\icons\ are viruses.
>
> Here's some quoted text from ticket #10787:
> "AVG has been constantly telling me that all the icons in the Owner >
> Appdata > Roaming > .purple > icons folder may be infected by an unknown
> virus because the .jpegs have an opening that might mean they're infected
> by a virus."
>
> I'm running:
> Pidgin 2.6.4
> AVG Internet Security v9.0.710
> Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit.
>
> Sorry if it's inappropriate for me to open a new ticket. This is the
> first time I've ever submitted a bug report and I wasn't sure if I should
> post a new bug report or add on to the existing one. I'm not sure if
> responses to existing tickets are reserved for the people working the
> bug(s) or if other users are free to add on to it and I definitely didn't
> want to refrain from reporting my issue at all so that people didn't
> think that it is/was one isolated issue.
>
> Please let me know the best way to add my issue to an existing ticket in
> the future.
>
> Thank you.

New description:

 I'm having the exact same issues as the person who reported ticket #10787.
 AVG keeps reporting that a few jpegs in
 C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\.purple\icons\ are viruses.

 Here's some quoted text from ticket #10787:
 "AVG has been constantly telling me that all the icons in the Owner >
 Appdata > Roaming > .purple > icons folder may be infected by an unknown
 virus because the .jpegs have an opening that might mean they're infected
 by a virus."

 I'm running:
 Pidgin 2.6.4
 AVG Internet Security v9.0.710
 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit.

 Sorry if it's inappropriate for me to open a new ticket. This is the first
 time I've ever submitted a bug report and I wasn't sure if I should post a
 new bug report or add on to the existing one. I'm not sure if responses to
 existing tickets are reserved for the people working the bug(s) or if
 other users are free to add on to it and I definitely didn't want to
 refrain from reporting my issue at all so that people didn't think that it
 is/was one isolated issue.

 Please let me know the best way to add my issue to an existing ticket in
 the future.

 Thank you.

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