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zoetrope
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 Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:33 am Post subject: Question about mwav |
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I apologise if this is not the appropriate forum, but after a recent security scare, I ran an online scan from the BitDefender website. It identifies files that are part of the mwav scanner utility as being a virus, with the following results:
"Infected with: BehavesLike:Win32.FileInfector".
I'm concerned. Should I uninstall mwav, or is this a false positive?
Many thanks
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k027
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:45 am Post subject: |
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Hello zoetrope,
| Quote: | I ran an online scan from the BitDefender website. It identifies files that are part of the mwav scanner utility as being a virus, with the following results:
"Infected with: BehavesLike:Win32.FileInfector".
I'm concerned. Should I uninstall mwav, or is this a false positive? |
Try cross-checking the BitDefender results with these other on-line AV scans:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
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zoetrope
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hi k027 - thank you so much for your prompt reply and your helpful advice. 
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Oldfrog
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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The cross-checking is certainly a good idea, but I feel very sure that this is a false positive.
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zoetrope
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Oldfrog, I think you're right. I scanned with trendmicro last night, and there were no results pertaining to mwav. Thank you for taking the time to look at and respond to this topic. I was quite concerned that I'd downloaded software that was going to cause more problems.
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