Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!bcyclone04.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone04.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: UNSURE 0.254 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.58; '*S*': 0.09; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'personally,': 0.16; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'least': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'false': 0.35; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'someone': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'data': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'antivirus': 0.66; 'subject:Data': 0.66; 'avg': 0.84; 'preventing': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=BLx1nX9AxdLiZenDLz/EDFDQJEvS8K/ZIpaUgHMVdqI=; b=yfubIfx0390tAASQnpkp7NTSW3ZJ18gfuOFOOEczcGNpLqf5AMehwC4OcmqAv72WtB nmc7lod6b2sqaPTRGApvTgK5H7+ChsH4PtpoYxZCGjtzZ+A5Qg+X8j2wTwnZHJyMejsj Lc0kEHAJ6bt1CPDjouN19xZC84f8rzI0ZEE+sD71wCovoGH6KOYAfD/waEIBT0MG0OMw l/VvAlfEZj5ehv6+LTvjmiNkgk0buptJNHUZWgGtTp2zFBO7udYtrRbbmuyIWivbmSL6 pipwDBzreYVED43mtNaw23FS0rKAEQJGaMLJKWk9mzY+rR+i4raFMmpqaXF+7BX54gnc r/GQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.114.5 with SMTP id jc5mr2912659igb.43.1435226433852; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:00:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <558b7e85$0$1648$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <558bc912$0$2899$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:00:33 +0300 Subject: Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting From: Joonas Liik To: "comp.lang.python" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:15:17 +0200 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 6 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1435227318 news.xs4all.nl 2953 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59538 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 3302 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3298672730 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:93130 Personally, i have had AVG give at least 2 false positives (fyi one of them was like python2.6) as long as antivirus software can give so many false positives i would thing preventing your AV from nuking someone elses data is a reasonable thing.