[MacPorts] #54701: hexchat has IRC.Virus

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#54701: hexchat has IRC.Virus
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  Reporter:  ohhmm   |      Owner:  raimue
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
      Port:          |
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Changes (by neverpanic):

 * status:  new => assigned
 * owner:   => raimue


Comment:

 https://virustotal.com/#/url/5728f1a7ac702c2c4428e991778996456c24241fc7dfb57c53672fad1d199ed0/detection

 Doesn't seem like that's a problem with the distfile MacPorts expects
 (i.e. sha256
 6f2b22372c7a9ed8ffab817079638e8f4178f5f8ba63c89cb3baa01be614f2ba). Maybe
 your distfile was corrupted (try `sudo port clean --dist hexchat` and try
 again).

 Dr.Web as used by virustotal does not seem to recognize this archive as
 virus, and neither do any of the other scanners.

 On the other hand, "IRC.Virus" sounds like a generic IRC client detection
 mechanism. It sounds like a false positive that an IRC client would
 trigger this. Contact your anti-virus vendor and advise them that this is
 likely a false positive.

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