Virus in HideWin?

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knattefnattetjatte · Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:09 am

AntiVir says that HideWin "contains signature of the SPR/Tool.CB program". Does anybody have more info on this?

dot · #2 Post by **dot** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:59 am

AntiVir, as good as it is, has always been known for its tendency to present false positives. Seems, AntiVir's new version hasn't changed that behaviour. Very unlikely that a recommended, legitimate program from its homepage (unless it's a fake site) should have a trojan. AVG and ClamWin didn't detect anything. You could still try some online antiviruses, but frankly, personally, I wouldn't bother.

ahoier · #3 Post by **ahoier** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:03 am

I'd say contact AntiVir, and have them re-analyze the program/executable/package. False positives are a possibility for antivirus vendors

portackager · #4 Post by **portackager** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:49 am

Norton said the same thing. But I'm sure it's clean.

Yucca · #5 Post by **Yucca** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:32 am

Scans as clean with Computer Associates eTrust ezAntiVirus.

-Yucca

SuperGeek525 · #6 Post by **SuperGeek525** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:47 pm

Well if you wanna really be sure...try
http://www.virustotal.com/en/indexf.html

Virustotal offers a free service for scanning suspicious files using several antivirus engines.

The site that i got linked to it through said that it used 30 different antivirus programs to scan the file that u upload to them
(http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/200 ... s-engines/)

I figure the results of many many different antivirus scanners at once is better than relying on one....maybe you could also establish a ratio of false positives as well