Re: I'm probably safe but can someone explain what I've just seen?

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 08/29/05

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    From: "B. Chernick" <BChernick@discussions.microsoft.com>

    | You say: "Therefore if if eTrust missed this OCX file there is the
    | possibility you did get a non-viral malware infection. I strongly suggested
    | replaceing Ad-aware6 with Ad-aware SE and updating it with the latest
    | signatures then perform a scan with the new version."
    |
    | Are you saying that you tested eTrust and it failed, or that you just don't
    | have confidence in eTrust? I should point out that I keep my antivirus
    | subscription up to date.

    No I never indicated "I tested eTrust." nor a lack of confidence in it !

    What I eluded to is that since what was found to be attepted to be installed was non-viral
    malware, in the class of adware, eTrust may not have detected it. The McAfee software I use
    was specifically set to "find potentially unwanted programs". Therefore it is more
    sensitive to non-viral malware. I have no idea what settings are enabled on your eTrust nor
    if it even catches adware.

    Since when I accessed this site it tried to install two malware types, it is my prognosis
    that if eTrust did not flag them then there is a chance that your visit to the site may have
    infected your PC with non-viral malware in the class of adware.

    As to keeping eTrust signatures up-to-date... You certainly didn't keep Ad-aware up to date
    now did you ? And if eTrust is not enabled to catch non-viral malware or if it isn't
    capable of catching non-viral malware then it didn't make a difference if it was up-to-date
    or not.

    Ceratainly since Ad-aware was outdated it was almost useless.

    /* Now go do what I suggested and PLEASE scan your system wuith Ad-aware SE and the Multi
    AV tool ! */ 

    -- 
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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