 Trojan Warning, Avast 4.7 reports a Trojan |
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 Sep 6 2006, 09:54 AM
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Forum Member Posts: 3 Joined: 10-December 04  |
When I try to download NeJ6.7, I get a Trojan-Warning from my scanner.
Can someone test wether there is an actual virus? |
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Sep 6 2006, 10:14 AM
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Forum Member Posts: 211 Joined: 26-June 05 |
I have downloaded and installed it on two separate computers with two different up to date virus scanners and I have not gotten this warning on either one. Anyone else?
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Sep 6 2006, 12:32 PM
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Forum Member Posts: 65 Joined: 15-July 05 |
mcafee and NOD dont detect anything.
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Sep 6 2006, 01:18 PM
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Forum Member Posts: 3 Joined: 10-December 04 |
Seems to be a false positive. I am downloading it at the moment.
I will report it to avast. Thanks for the answers |
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Sep 6 2006, 03:50 PM
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Forum Member Posts: 67 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Wandering |
Er, not meaning to spread panic, doubt and fear, but it's possibly to make a stealthed virus that would add a payload as a "pre-package" to any transfers.
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Sep 6 2006, 05:35 PM
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 Master of energies  Council Member Posts: 3324 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Magyarország |
It's possible to make many types of viruses, but I find it more likely that certain virus scanners sometimes give a false alert with installers such as Nullsoft. I haven't tested the package of NEJ 6.7 though.
-------------------- Mental harmony dispels the darkness.
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Sep 6 2006, 06:58 PM
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Forum Member Posts: 6 Joined: 14-June 06 |
No virus here on Symantec Corporate, either. I'm thinking that it's a false positive from Avast.
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Oct 26 2006, 09:07 AM
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Forum Member Posts: 5 Joined: 8-March 06 |
When I download the file it is reported by my anti-virus as having a trojan in the install package. I don't know if it just a false positive but it might be worth checking into.
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Oct 26 2006, 11:13 AM
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  Mod Developer Posts: 1400 Joined: 19-April 05 |
I have combined your post with the previous topic in order to make it more comprehensive. I have only CA security package and cannot check any other anti-virus and anti-spyware application. If you feel the downloaded file can damage your computer, please do not install it.
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Oct 27 2006, 06:23 AM
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Forum Member Posts: 5 Joined: 8-March 06 |
Not blaming you at all. It seems to be a false positive with Avast. It was however not beyond them realm of possibility for someone to have hacked the download site.
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Oct 27 2006, 03:11 PM
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Master of energies Council Member Posts: 3324 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Magyarország |
The download site has never been hacked, the security is high enough according to our current viewpoint. (On the other hand, it's always possible with any site that it has been hacked, but in our case, this has very little probability.)
The "malicious code" that infected BWL forum in March exploited a bug in the forum software, so it had nothing to do with the server's security level. All in all, you don't have to worry when downloading known bwl material from the BWL server (Of course we can't follow what files are added to bwl mirrors that are updated by a third party -- such as G3's bwl mirror. If a file is already infected when it's uploaded, we can't do anything, of course). 
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