Re: [security] Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181

From: Shawn McMahon (smcmahon_at_eiv.com)
Date: 06/22/04

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    On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 10:36:16AM -0400, fedhead said:
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    > My apologise if I am posting in the wrong list but I am not sure if this is
    > a known issue in Ad-aware or if this even is an issue with Ad-aware.

    It's normal operation of Ad-aware.

    > Seems benign enough. Every night when it runs, after the first scan of the
    > registry, it creates four files in the C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware
    > 6\cache folder which Norton AV catches as trojan scripts:

    Every day, you get infected again. Every day, Ad-Aware finds it.

    Sounds like you've got an issue with Norton AV, not with Ad-Aware.

    > The most unusual part is that it happens at the end of the registry scan in
    > Ad-aware. A google search doesn't turn up any relation between this exploit
    > and Ad-aware so it could be something unique to my system but at this point
    > I am at a loss as to what it could be.

    Try "ad-aware cache" for your Google search next time.

    http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?act=ST&f=42&t=14501&st=0#entry115743

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