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

From: Russell J. Wood (rjw_at_open-cpp.net)
Date: 06/22/04

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    Hello,

    I just scanned my dad's PC with Ad-aware 6 Personal and monitored that directory
    whilst doing so. No files turned up at all, and the directory was removed after
    the scan was complete.

    Maybe these files are placed there before being moved to quarantine?

    - Russell

    On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 10:36:16AM -0400, fedhead wrote:
    >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:
    >
    >exploit.chm
    >installer.htm
    >shellscript.js
    >shellscript_loader.js

    
    



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