Hi Glynn,
> after some time I've updated my local 'grss6_devel' branch and during
> building (in the initial configuration step) I am getting warning
from my
> antivirus app (AVG 9) that in
OSGeo4W\usr\src\grass6_devel\conftest.exe
> there is potentially harmfull program Exploit.DEM.
>
> I've tried to find the file in this path on my disk but without any
success
> (it is not present also in a 'safe-deposit'). Can I ignore this
message?"conftest.exe" is the default name of any test programs created by the
configure script (on Windows; on other platforms, it's just called
"conftest").Most of the test programs aren't even executed; configure simply
attempts to compile and link a test program in order to check that the
compilation and linking switches are correct. The programs are deleted
once the test is complete.If the program isn't being run (only a handful are), the test will
succeed so long as the linker doesn't return an error status. I
suspect that AVG probably won't scan the file until it's complete, so
the test should succeed even if AVG deletes or quarantines the file.
Ok, I'll ignore it. It is listed 3 times in a total. I've just found there
is additional info for each item - there is written this file was detected
2x for process sh.exe and once for rm.exe.
My build has failed later on so I thought it is consequence of this issue.
I'll describe my problem in a separate thread.
Thanks,
Jan
PS: Please don't generate exploits during configuration anymore 
PS2: This message was mistakenly sent directly to Glynn. Sorry.