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noutters:
Bad surprise this morning, my MacAfee AV prog detected the following a generic.dx trojan in screenshotcaptor.exe:
3/12/2008   8:51:48 AM   Borttagen       C:\Program Files\FindAndRunRobot\FindAndRunRobot.exe   C:\PROGRAM FILES\SCREENSHOTCAPTOR\SCREENSHOTCAPTOR.EXE   Generic.dx (Trojan)
3/12/2008   8:51:48 AM   Borttagen       C:\Program Files\FindAndRunRobot\FindAndRunRobot.exe   C:\Program Files\ScreenshotCaptor\ScreenshotCaptor.exe\00558514.EXE   Generic.dx (Trojan)

Something to do with the hacking of the site?  >:(

tomos:
have you had a look at these threads

This thread describes the basic issue and initial complaints:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=12610
-mouser (March 11, 2008, 11:46 PM)
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the thread that's linked to has a update/fix from macafee
quoted thread is for discussion

mouser:
Tomos has it right, its a *confirmed* false alaram with McAfee.

This thread is a bit more useful than the one Tomos linked you to: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=12614

As for this:
Something to do with the hacking of the site?
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The answer is decidely NO -- it's just a bad coincidence.  None of the downloadable files on DC were affected in any way.

This is simply (another) case of an anti-virus tool giving a false positive.  McAfee will be updated in a day or two and will stop triggering on the files.  Blame McAfee not me!

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