Re: AVG virus software fails to detect viruses!!!

From: N. Miller (nsm_at_blackhole.aosake.net)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 01:49:22 -0800

In article <c068cm$137c42$1@ID-204080.news.uni-berlin.de>,
esboella.nospam@yahoo.com says...

> d:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\msinfo\msinfo.exe
> (57,244 bytes)

http://www.pchell.com/support/globalfinder.shtml

Calls it a browser hijacker, not a virus. A variant of CoolWebSearch. This
is a touchy area for AV vendors because the software, itself, is not viral
in nature, and may actually be deliberately installed by some people because
they think it is useful. It doesn't surprise me that AVG didn't find it. 

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