When is a virus not a virus...? - Page 2

21-05-2004, 01:18

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Originally Posted by WNA

Check for any spyware.

Nope, I run Adaware every week after NAV does its thing

Oh well, it's just one of those wierd things...

Xaccers · 21-05-2004, 01:47

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Originally Posted by Graham

Nope, I run Adaware every week after NAV does its thing

Oh well, it's just one of those wierd things...

Sorry, did you say you sent it off to Symantec to be checked and they came back saying it wasn't a virus?

You could download something like virtual PC and run it on there, that way if it is nasty it just infects the virtual pc and not your own.

21-05-2004, 03:15

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Sorry, did you say you sent it off to Symantec to be checked and they came back saying it wasn't a virus?

Yes, their actual response was the the file matched the "official" version of the file they had on record.

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You could download something like virtual PC and run it on there, that way if it is nasty it just infects the virtual pc and not your own.

Well since it comes through Netscape and I'm not stupid enough to try to run the thing, it's not going to infect my system anyway

zovat · 21-05-2004, 10:28

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Originally Posted by Graham

Yes, their actual response was the the file matched the "official" version of the file they had on record.

Well since it comes through Netscape and I'm not stupid enough to try to run the thing, it's not going to infect my system anyway

As Symantec have this file and Email down as the SWEN.A worm (goes back to 2003) I am very surprised that they said it was clean.

Maybe someone has managed to fool symantec into believing that the version they have is from M$ when it is actually the worm form