VIRUS IN A WORKUNIT !!! [2]
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bjacke  Send message Joined: 14 Apr 02 Posts: 346 Credit: 13,761 RAC: 0 
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Here you can go on! The old post is here! The whole is more then the sum of its particles. Aristoteles Best wishes from Berlin(52°35'N,13°23'O), Basti S@h Berkeley's Staff Friends Club © member ID: 23370 ·  |
Pascal, K G  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2343 Credit: 150,491 RAC: 0 
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WHat kind of Virus??? M7 Seti@h Berkeley's Staff Friends Club © ID: 23381 · |
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Angstrom Send message Joined: 20 Sep 99 Posts: 205 Credit: 10,131 RAC: 0 
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> WHat kind of Virus??? No virus - the thread is effectivly about some cheap (or free) virus checker flagging a trojan in a WU. You get what you pay for. Neil ID: 23386 · |
ric  Send message Joined: 16 Jun 03 Posts: 482 Credit: 666,047 RAC: 0 
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fairy tale! There isn't a Virus in a WU. Even when 100 threads will be opened, this fact will not change. Most probably : just wrong alert or missbehaviour of the used tool. Rule: use 3 different scanners from different companies, all 3 must "alarm" independently, then might perhaps it's worth to take a closer look. don't play with the word virus, just to put it here. Basti, in allen Ehren, ich halte diese Meldung für ein Märchen Deines AntiVirus tools Es gibt eine Regel in der Branche, nimm 3 gute AV Tools von 3 unterschiedlichen Anbieter, wenn alle das Gleiche in der gleichen Datei(en) berichten, dann langsam kann man es in Erwägung ziehen ob da was ist. Aber bitte spiel nicht mit dem Feuer. Mir scheint es gefährlich zu sein, un- bewiesen den Begriff "virus" so schnell zu verwenden. Du erschreckst damit nur Leute für nichts und deine Glaubwürdigkeit leidet. Wäre doch Schade. Falls Du noch immer in Zweifeln steckst und Dich um keinen Preis umstimmen lässt, ist dies Deine MEINUNG. Akzeptiert. Sende doch einfach mal die Dateien und alle aufgezeichneten infos dem Anbieter Deines AV Tools zu Prüfung Vielleicht schenkst Du denen Glauben oder halt nicht. kind regards Ric ID: 23394 · |
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Cryz Send message Joined: 22 Feb 02 Posts: 46 Credit: 9,737 RAC: 0 
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Correct me if I'm wrong but before a virus can infect your pc it needs to be executed. I believe, again correct me if I'm wrong, WU are just data files and don't get executed. ID: 23401 · |
 slavko.sk  Send message Joined: 27 Jun 00 Posts: 346 Credit: 417,028 RAC: 0 
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Paul D. Buck Send message Joined: 19 Jul 00 Posts: 3898 Credit: 1,158,042 RAC: 0
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> Correct me if I'm wrong but before a virus can infect your pc it needs to be > executed. I believe, again correct me if I'm wrong, WU are just data files and > don't get executed. That is correct. Microsoft has blurred the execute part in their effort to make things "easier"... and the class of things that "execute" is larger, but it has to be a script or compiled binary file. Data files, in and by themselves cannot infect anything ... ID: 23430 · |
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Mark Stevens Send message Joined: 15 Feb 01 Posts: 28 Credit: 177,705 RAC: 0
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> Correct me if I'm wrong but before a virus can infect your pc it needs to be > executed. I believe, again correct me if I'm wrong, WU are just data files and > don't get executed. I think it's highly unlikely but doesn't anyone remember the buffer overrun exploit? To those who haven't - it means under certain circumstances a virus can be passed on via data. Still I hope the SETI crew check for such things if it's appropriate? Mark ID: 23440 · |
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