Re: Malware PE_Parite A and A-1

From: taff (taff_at_the-valleys.com)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:19:00 +0100

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 03:09:27 +0300, Zvi Netiv
<support@replace_with_domain.com> wrote:

>taff <taff@the-valleys.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:01:43 +0300, Zvi Netiv
>> <support@replace_with_domain.com> wrote:
>>
>> >taff <taff@the-valleys.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:06:28 +0300, Zvi Netiv
>> >> <support@replace_with_domain.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >[snip]
>> >
>> >> >> >When done with the cleaning, reinstall XP in repair mode to replace the files
>> >> >> >that your AV ruined.
>> >> >
>> >> >> The AV did not ruin the files, the virus did.
>> >> >
>> >> >You obviously haven't dealt with that virus. Parite does not corrupt files that
>> >> >it infects, they are recoverable.
>> >>
>> >> Beside the point, The files would not have been ruined had the virus
>> >> not been present.
>> >
>> >Repeating that silly assertion won't make it true. The files wouldn't be ruined
>> >if the original poster hadn't used the wrong cleaner. Real viruses, as Parite
>> >is, do not ruin their host file as if they did then they wouldn't spread and
>> >become extinct. Quoting from www.invircible.com/glossary.php:
>> >
>> >"Virus: Parasitic computer code that replicates by producing functional copies
>> >of itself into host files. The infected hosts inherit the replication ability of
>> >the affecting virus, in addition to maintaining the original functionality of
>> >the host program or file."
>
>> Agreed, but the point remains that had he not had the virus, the files
>> would not have been infected, ergo, the files would not have been
>> ruined
>
>1. The point was getting rid of Parite and fixing damage already done in the
>process by Trend Micro's!
>
>2. The files would not have been ruined if the OP didn't switch the computer on.
>Hence, the original culprit for ruining the files is the power switch, or
>invention of the transistor, or electricity at large, ... blah, blah ad
>infinitum.

This is getting silly now I was trying to make a point to the original
poster who said,
 " I have not had an antivirus program for two
years and downloaded a free one from grisoft.com which
promptly caused a hole lot of problems."
The point was that it was NOT the AV that caused the problems.

Taff............

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