Re: Downloader.Pitux.A

From: jealous xmp (jealousxmp_at_aol.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: 26 Feb 2004 20:34:30 GMT

>Can anyone advise about Downloader.Pitux.A
>
>I found little info on it using search engines. Method and means of
>infection?
>One virus checker caught it, two others did not. Maybe false positive?

Depends. Sometimes it just means one AV was good, the other two suck. I did
some experimenting with Optix Pro, and others, and AVG and NAV often couldn't
detect them. (Without AV killing enabled.) TDS 3 generally fared better. I
kept Optix Pro fairly stock so I was very disappointed in NAV. I could have
easily modified it to get past NAV and AVG 100 % of the time.

Michael

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